postgresql-sucks

zergling:rails-haiti-map zipp$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
server starting

# check my app, 'could not connect to server: Connection refused'
# is pg running? px aux | grep pg says no

zergling:rails-haiti-map zipp$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start --log=derp.txt
server starting
zergling:rails-haiti-map zipp$ cat derp.txt 
FATAL:  database files are incompatible with server
DETAIL:  The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 9.2, which is not compatible with this version 9.3.2.

# had the same problem a week ago http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20754669/how-to-fix-postgres-after-updating-upgrading-brew/21461148#21461148