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OrioleDB More Free? | Scaling Postgres 383 13:20

4 days ago13:20

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss free availability of an OrioleDB patent, pgEdge going open source, pg_duckdb hitting 1.0 and methods resolve to slow order by limit queries. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/383-orioledb-more-free/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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DB LLM Agents? | Scaling Postgres 382 19:03

11 days ago19:03

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using a LLM as an agent, the importance of partitioned table statistics, PG 18 RC1, primary keys in sharded databases and a blue/green rollback. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/382-db-llm-agents/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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DocumentDB Movement | Scaling Postgres 381 9:44

18 days ago9:44

9:44

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss DocumentDB moving to the Linux Foundation, multi-column indexes, SCRAM pass-through and RDS Proxy oddities. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/381-documentdb-movement/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Storage Engine Progress? | Scaling Postgres 380 14:53

25 days ago14:53

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss enhancements to Oriole DB, new Postgres releases, a logging guide and application framework frustrations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/380-storage-engine-progress/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Unconventional Advice? | Scaling Postgres 379 19:03

5 weeks ago19:03

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss when you should reindex, how to handle case insensitive data, how to index jsonb and the top recommendations when doing performance optimizations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/379-unconventional-advice/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Native Column Store? | Scaling Postgres 378 19:29

6 weeks ago19:29

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Postgres getting a native column store via an index, faster btree_gift indexes, scaling listen/notify, and a logical replication slot deep dive. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/378-native-column-store/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Sharding At Network Speeds | Scaling Postgres 377 15:14

7 weeks ago15:14

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to shard your DB at network speeds, how to make your DB 42,000 slower, new monitoring and just enough text searching performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/377-sharding-at-network-speeds/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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100K Events Per Second Queue | Scaling Postgres 376 19:45

8 weeks ago19:45

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a 100K events per second queue built on Postgres, how an MCP can leak your database, MultiXact ID and space overrun and struggles starting Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/376-100k-events-per-second-queue/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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All The Benchmarks | Scaling Postgres 375 16:19

9 weeks ago16:19

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new benchmarks as a result of the Planetscale Postgres announcement, various platform improvements and a deep dive into Multigres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/375-all-the-benchmarks/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Migrating Millions Of Databases | Scaling Postgres 374 18:34

10 weeks ago18:34

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Jira migrated millions of databases, when sigterm does nothing, should you ditch vector search and mastering replication slots. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/374-migrating-millions-of-databases/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Planetscale Postgres! | Scaling Postgres 373 14:22

11 weeks ago14:22

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Planetscale Postgres and the advantages for bare metal, how often queries are optimal, avoiding UUIDv4 and the summer of upgrade report. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/373-planetscale-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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The Future of Postgres Architecture | Scaling Postgres 372 19:26

12 weeks ago19:26

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss some possible futures for Postgres architectures, choosing a multi-tenancy model, vectors in the new SQL standard and one way to perform a blue-green deployment rollback in AWS RDS. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/372-the-future-of-postgres-architecture/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Are You Hurting Your Performance? | Scaling Postgres 371 21:08

13 weeks ago21:08

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how you use the database can impact its performance, performance of pg_search, fast uploads and some downsides of different upgrade methods. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/371-are-you-hurting-your-performance/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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New Scale Out Options | Scaling Postgres 370 14:51

14 weeks ago14:51

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the start of Multigres which is a Vitess for Postgres, pgactive going open source, getting started with logical replication and a summer of upgrades. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/370-new-scale-out-options/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Move Off Of RDS? | Scaling Postgres 369 18:01

15 weeks ago18:01

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss why and how you could move off of AWS RDS, Snowflake acquires Crunchy Data, reducing your SQL queries and a novel way to migrate to partition tables. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/369-move-off-of-rds/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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4 Times Faster UUID Primary Keys | Scaling Postgres 368 19:10

16 weeks ago19:10

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the benefits of using time-based UUIDv7 vs UUIDv4 for primary keys, how OpenAI uses Postgres, handling locks and methods to migrate to partition tables with low downtime. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/368-4-times-faster-uuid-primary-keys/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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How Often Does That Query Run? | Scaling Postgres 367 13:10

17 weeks ago13:10

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a Postgres VS code extension, service definition files, undead tuples and the benefits of finding out how often a query is run. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/367-how-often-does-that-query-run/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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20,000 Times Faster Order By Limit | Scaling Postgres 366 14:46

18 weeks ago14:46

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a top ten dangerous Postgres issues list, importing and exporting statistics, more Postgres 18 beta features and a 20,000 times faster query by fixing an order by limit issue. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/366-20k-faster-order-by-limit/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Here Comes Async I/O! | Scaling Postgres 365 20:01

19 weeks ago20:01

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss async I/O introduced in PG 18 Beta 1, new Postgres releases, PgDog performance and innovative ways to optimize queries. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/365-here-comes-async-io/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Scaling For High Volume | Scaling Postgres 364 20:39

20 weeks ago20:39

20:39

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss scaling for high volume, why workflows should be Postgres rows, a planner gotcha and ways to resolve planner issues. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/364-scaling-for-high-volume/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Top Ten Postgres Dos & Don'ts | Scaling Postgres 363 13:32

21 weeks ago13:32

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a top ten dos and don't for Postgres, understanding statistics and extended statistics, aligning columns to reduce padding and how to handle disaster recovery. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/363-top-ten-postgres-dos-and-donts/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Optimizing For Time-Series Data | Scaling Postgres 362 12:22

22 weeks ago12:22

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In this episode, we discuss optimizing for time-series data, indexing vectors, Postgres APT extension packaging and how to optimize queries involving low cardinality data columns. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/362-optimizing-for-time-series-data/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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A Roadmap To Scaling Postgres | Scaling Postgres 361 17:28

23 weeks ago17:28

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a roadmap to scaling Postgres, life altering Postgres patterns, making Postgres better with OrioleDB, performance cliffs and efficient use of foreign keys. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/361-roadmap-to-scaling-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Handle One Million Connections? | Scaling Postgres 360 16:17

24 weeks ago16:17

16:17

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how a new tool pgDog might allow one million client connections to Postgres, novel use cases for pgvector other than semantic search, don't expose port 5432 and Postgres on Kubernetes. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/360-handle-one-million-connections/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Trillions of Rows & Metrics | Scaling Postgres 359 18:27

25 weeks ago18:27

18:27

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we talk about indexes being added to Timescale's column store, processing 1 trillion metrics in Timescale, processing 1 trillion rows in Citus and partitions for deletion use cases. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/359-trillions-of-rows-and-metrics/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Postgres Conference 2025 | Scaling Postgres 358 23:37

26 weeks ago23:37

23:37

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, I discuss my experience attending Postgres Conference 2025 and cover some of the highlights of the conference. Interestingly, at least from my perspective, the most well attended talks seemed to cover pg_vector, analytics involving duckdb and partitioning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/358-postgres-conference-2025/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Postgres Best Practices? | Scaling Postgres 357 9:58

27 weeks ago9:58

9:58

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss best practices, caching monitoring statistics, a new vector extension called VectorChord and the importance of monitoring wait events. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/357-postgres-best-practices/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Is the Future Immutable? | Scaling Postgres 356 15:21

28 weeks ago15:21

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss immutability and Postgres, the upcoming Postgres Conference in Orlando, extended statistics and usage of default partitions. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/356-is-the-future-immutable/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Top Ten Analytics with pg_mooncake | Scaling Postgres 355 15:59

29 weeks ago15:59

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Postgres & pg_mooncake achieves top ten Clickbench results, a comparison of Oracle and Postgres transactions, sharding to scale and connection counts. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/355-top-ten-analytics-with-pg_mooncake/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Postgres & The US Treasury Attack | Scaling Postgres 354 15:43

30 weeks ago15:43

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the role of Postgres in the US Treasury online attack, new releases of Postgres, optimizing application of streaming changes and a query that filled a databases disks. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/354-postgres-us-treasury-attack/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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OLTP To Parquet For Analytics | Scaling Postgres 353 15:59

31 weeks ago15:59

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how data can flow from your OLTP to parquet files for analytics, parallel queries, view inlining and partitioning advice. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/353-oltp-to-parquet-for-analytics/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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You Can Always Optimize More | Scaling Postgres 352 14:32

32 weeks ago14:32

14:32

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how you can always optimize more, avoiding deadlocks, casting & indexes and pg_hint_plan best practices. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/352-you-can-always-optimize-more/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Features To Avoid? | Scaling Postgres 351 16:55

33 weeks ago16:55

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we talk about some features you may want to avoid like commit_delay, index_cleanup off, & logon triggers, a way to detect a table rewrite and a zero downtime upgrade. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/351-features-to-avoid/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Seven Years of Scaling Postgres | Scaling Postgres 350 19:09

34 weeks ago19:09

19:09

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss our seven year anniversary, better pg_search performance, reducing table locks, not valid constraints and better group by statistics. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/350-seven-years-of-scaling-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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The Dangers of Temporary Tables | Scaling Postgres 349 15:24

35 weeks ago15:24

15:24

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the dangers of temporary tables, better transparent data encryption, pig the extension wizard, and table level lock considerations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/349-the-dangers-of-temporary-tables/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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The Future Is Containers? | Scaling Postgres 348 12:28

36 weeks ago12:28

12:28

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether the future of containers and Postgres, UUIDv7 commit, and a pg_duckdb interview. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/348-the-future-is-containers/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Easy Incremental Data Processing? | Scaling Postgres 347 14:47

39 weeks ago14:47

14:47

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the new pg_incremental extension for processing data pipelines, a set of Postgres monitoring queries, handling alter table retries and large object dump performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/347-easy-incremental-data-processing/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Things I Don't Do In Postgres | Scaling Postgres 346 15:47

40 weeks ago15:47

15:47

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss things I do not do such as use default partitions, play column Tetris, ELT using special data types or create 7+ millions tables in a database. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/346-things-i-do-not-do-in-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Over 5X Faster Postgres? | Scaling Postgres 345 17:02

41 weeks ago17:02

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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss OrioleDB getting Postgres over 5 times faster, historical OLAP performance, efficient queries and whether you should us track_planning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/345-over-5x-faster-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Performance & Hard Things | Scaling Postgres 344 17:38

42 weeks ago17:38

17:38

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new releases, collation speed, ZFS performance, insert benchmarking and pglz vs. lz4 performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/344-performance-hard-things/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Postgres Release Warning! | Scaling Postgres 343 18:50

43 weeks ago18:50

18:50

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases and an out-of-band release to address issues, increasing insert performance by 2X, pg_search benchmarks and fast OpenStreetMap loading. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/343-postgres-release-warning/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Faster Writes With ZFS? | Scaling Postgres 342 13:19

44 weeks ago13:19

13:19

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the read and write performance of Postgres on ZFS, handling URL text identifiers in the database, denormalization and a new pgvector release. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/342-faster-writes-with-zfs/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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The Future of Postgres Upgrades | Scaling Postgres 341 14:15

45 weeks ago14:15

14:15

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the future of Postgres upgrades, the usefulness of pg_dump, partitioning with minimal downtime and limitless Aurora. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/341-the-future-of-postgres-upgrades/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Do You Need A Vectorizer? | Scaling Postgres 340 16:39

46 weeks ago16:39

16:39

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether you need a vectorizer, different ways to bin or bucket timestamps, addressing a bad plan and advanced psql. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/340-do-you-need-a-vectorizer/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Postgres Goes Parquet | Scaling Postgres 339 11:32

47 weeks ago11:32

11:32

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss pg_parquet allowing Postgres to read and write parquet files, other useful extensions, open source bounties, and Postgres gotchas. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/339-postgres-goes-parquet/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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JSON Goodies In Postgres 17 | Scaling Postgres 338 17:03

48 weeks ago17:03

17:03

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the JSON goodies in Postgres 17, trigger recursion, pg_dump as backup and pg_timeseries columnar performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/338-json-goodies-in-postgres-17/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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77 Times Faster In Postgres 17 | Scaling Postgres 337 14:19

49 weeks ago14:19

14:19

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how one query runs 77 times faster in Postgres 17, a detailed Postgres 17 performance webinar, using logical replication fail over slots and a discussion on Patroni. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/337-77-times-faster-in-postgres-17/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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More Postgres 17 Highlights | Scaling Postgres 336 12:54

50 weeks ago12:54

12:54

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss more about the features released with Postgres 17, an example of performance improvements, things to watch out for, and the start of Postgres 18. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/336-more-postgres-17-highlights/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Postgres 17 Released! | Scaling Postgres 335 18:32

51 weeks ago18:32

18:32

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 17, b-tree performance gains, logical replication enhancements and different levels of performance tuning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/335-postgres-17-released/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Optimizing For Analytics | Scaling Postgres 334 21:55

52 weeks ago21:55

21:55

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to optimize your database for analytics, how to speed up counts, improvements to TimescaleDB and why you should stop using serial. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/334-optimizing-for-analytics/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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When Select Writes! | Scaling Postgres 333 13:38

1 year ago13:38

13:38

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss when select can write, Postgres RC1 is released, Tetris in SQL and copy, swap, drop. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/333-when-select-writes/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Sometimes It Is Slow? | Scaling Postgres 332 15:10

1 year ago15:10

15:10

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss what can happen when queries get slow, backup best practices, Postgres emergencies and the state of Postgres survey. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/332-sometimes-it-is-slow/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Is pg_dump A Backup Tool? | Scaling Postgres 331 17:31

1 year ago17:31

17:31

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether pg_dump is a backup tool, the pgMonitor extension, Postgres malware, and application uses for the merge command. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/331-is-pg_dump-a-backup-tool/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Splicing Elephant & Duck DNA | Scaling Postgres 330 14:58

1 year ago14:58

14:58

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the merging of Postgres and DuckDB via the pg_duckdb extension, how this can help the analytics story for Postgres, some ways to improve PG analytics and building a search engine. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/330-splicing-elephant-and-duck-dna/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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PGlite: Embeddable Postgres & postgres.new | Scaling Postgres 329 19:01

1 year ago19:01

19:01

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PGlite, an embeddable Postgres, postgres.new which adds AI features, new Postgres releases and the performance of synchronous replication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/329-pglite-embeddable-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Implement Get Or Create | Scaling Postgres 328 16:10

1 year ago16:10

16:10

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss different get or create implementations, a new pgBouncer version, alter default privileges, and six degrees of separation with Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/328-implement-get-or-create/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Postgres Graph Queries | Scaling Postgres 327 16:30

1 year ago16:30

16:30

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using Postgres for graph queries, the fastest way to copy data from one table to another, dealing with linux memory overcommit and compression. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/327-postgres-graph-queries/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Faster Index Creation | Scaling Postgres 326 20:28

1 year ago20:28

20:28

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we talk about speeding up index creation, extensions to track wait events, a row pattern recognition feature and savepoints. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/326-faster-index-creation/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Faster Paging? | Scaling Postgres 325 20:07

1 year ago20:07

20:07

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss more ways to keep the superior performance of keyset pagination, how to implement UUIDv7 in SQL functions, how expensive extended statistics are and the benefits of range columns. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/325-faster-paging/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Four Million TPS | Scaling Postgres 324 16:29

1 year ago16:29

16:29

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss experiments to achieve four million transaction per second, the importance of extended statistics, parallelism in Postgres and an introduction to window functions. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/324-four-million-tps/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/…

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Scale Through Sharding | Scaling Postgres 308 18:15

1 year ago18:15

18:15

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss high availability's future, a custom sharding solution by Figma, sharding pg_vector queries, and PG17 logical replication failover. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/308-scale-through-sharding/…

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Collation Conundrum | Scaling Postgres 307 14:22

2 years ago14:22

14:22

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether we should be using bytewise or linguistic ordering by default, how to transform data in Postgres, benefits of a transaction_timeout and how to enforce join order. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/307-collation-conundrum/…

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Scalability Limits From SLRU & Lock Manager | Scaling Postgres 306 14:29

2 years ago14:29

14:29

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss one configuration change that resulted in an 11,000 times faster query, why Postgres is not using your index, backported PG improvements and parallelism with TOAST. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/306-scalability-limits-from-slru-lock-manager/…

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11K Faster Configuration Change | Scaling Postgres 305 13:26

2 years ago13:26

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Overhead of pg_stat_statements | Scaling Postgres 304 14:09

2 years ago14:09

14:09

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases, performance comparisons between PgBouncer, PgCat and Supavisor, a new extension pg_analytics, and new planner capabilities in PG16. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/304-overhead-of-pg_stat_statements/…

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PgBouncer, PgCat, Supavisor Fight!!! | Scaling Postgres 303 19:55

2 years ago19:55

19:55

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UUID vs Bigint Battle!!! | Scaling Postgres 302 13:23

2 years ago13:23

13:23

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss when and how you should use UUIDs or not, how to optimize space with column order and arrays, whether it is better to tune parameters or queries and what devs should know about Postgres with Andrew Atkinson. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/302-uuid-vs-bigint-battle/…

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Postgres LLM OS & 30 Times Faster Index Builds | Scaling Postgres 301 18:14

2 years ago18:14

18:14

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how you can build a GPT in 500 lines of SQL code, how to optimize extension loading, the best way to set passwords and being able to change generated columns. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/301-postgres-llm-os-30-times-faster-index-builds/…

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Scaling Postgres Celebration | Scaling Postgres 300 18:02

2 years ago18:02

18:02

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Build A GPT In SQL | Scaling Postgres 299 12:21

2 years ago12:21

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10-100 Times Higher Latency With Distributed Postgres | Scaling Postgres 298 19:28

2 years ago19:28

19:28

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss hopes for Postgres in 2024, whether you need foreign keys, incremental backups, and five ways of doing not exists. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/298-10-100-times-higher-latency-with-distributed-postgres/…

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Postgres In 2024 | Scaling Postgres 297 20:38

2 years ago20:38

20:38

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State Of Postgres 2023 | Scaling Postgres 296 17:45

2 years ago17:45

17:45

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the State of Postgres 2023 survey, a repository of Postgres how-tos, ways foreign keys can break and a custom SQL playground. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/296-state-of-postgres-2023/…

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30K Messages Per Second Queue | Scaling Postgres 295 15:32

2 years ago15:32

15:32

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a 30K messages per second queue built on Postgres, a zero downtime logical replication upgrade, the release of the Supavisor 1.0 connection pooler and PostGIS day. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/295-30k-messages-per-second-queue/…

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How Much Observability Is Needed? | Scaling Postgres 294 14:09

2 years ago14:09