Postgres FM

Nikolay (alone, again) reveals some issues that might hit those who perform major PostgreSQL upgrades with minimal downtime.Links:- "Upgrades" – PostgresFM episode 037: https://postgres.fm/episodes/up...

30 Jun 202325min

Lonely Nikolay discusses the performance aspects of using UUID for primary keys. Here are links to a few things I mentioned: "postgresql" posts on HN, most popular last week (Algolia search): https://...

23 Jun 202322min

Nikolay and Michael discuss memory in PostgreSQL — how it works, important settings, and how to go about tuning them. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Resource Consumption (PostgreSQL docs...

16 Jun 202344min

Nikolay and Michael discuss Postgres extensions — what they are, how they affect your decisions around Postgres, and some things to keep in mind when using them. Here are links to a few things we ment...

9 Jun 202330min

Nikolay and Michael discuss zero-downtime schema migrations — why they're a challenge, a variety of different cases, and some things you can do to achieve them. Here are links to a few things we menti...

2 Jun 202328min

Nikolay and Michael discuss parallelism — both parallel query execution and other parallel operations. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Parallel query (docs)Parallelism in PostgreSQL 11 (t...

26 Mai 202344min

Nikolay and Michael discuss database corruption — various types, how they can come about, and what to do (and not do) if you come across it.  Here are links to a few things we mentioned: The dangers o...

19 Mai 202342min

Nikolay and Michael discuss using ChatGPT for Postgres tasks — should you, if so what for, and some things to be mindful of! Here are links to a few things we mentioned: ChatGPTNikolay’s polls on Twit...

12 Mai 202335min