Postgres FM

Nikolay and Michael discuss wait events — what they are, why we have them, and how to use them to help diagnose performance issues. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Wait events table (docs...

10 Maalis 202331min

Nikolay and Michael discuss TOAST (The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique) — what it is, how it works, and some general things to be aware of. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: TOAST doc...

3 Maalis 202328min

Nikolay and Michael discuss JSON — our options for storing it in Postgres, whether or when we should, as well as a brief intro and some tips for JSON functions available. Here are links to a few thing...

24 Helmi 202331min

Nikolay and Michael discuss real-time analytics — what it means, what the options are, and some tips if you're trying to implement it within Postgres. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Loos...

17 Helmi 202334min

Nikolay and Michael discuss benchmarking — reasons to do it, and some approaches, tools, and resources that can help. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Towards Millions TPS (blog post by Al...

10 Helmi 202336min

Nikolay and Michael discuss the default config — some tools and principles you can use to customise it, as well as several parameters you probably always want to change.Here are links to a few things ...

3 Helmi 202332min

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox (blog post from Andreessen Horowitz)OVHHetznerpostgresql_clusterWhy we're leaving the cloud (blog post by DHH ...

27 Tammi 202328min

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Crunchy Data PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)pgAudit (site)pgAudit (repo)noset (extension)SplunkKibanaTimescaleCREATE TRIGGER docs...

20 Tammi 202335min