Postgres FM

Nikolay and Michael discuss hash indexes in Postgres — what they are, some brief history, their pros and cons vs btrees, and whether or when they recommend using them.Update: the idea Nikolay mentione...

15 Dec 202330min

Nikolay and Michael discuss PostgreSQL constraints — the six different types we have, how to add and modify them, including on large tables with high TPS.  Here are some links to things they mentioned...

8 Dec 202339min

Nikolay and Michael discuss PostgreSQL events — whether in-person or online, large conferences or small meet-ups, as well as some strong opinions based on their experiences attending, speaking, and or...

1 Dec 202352min

Nikolay and Michael discuss PostgreSQL subtransactions — what they are, and four issues they can cause at scale.  Here are some links to things they mentioned:Subtransactions (docs) https://www.postgr...

24 Nov 202324min

Nikolay and Michael discuss companion databases — when and why you might want to add another database management system to your stack (or not), and some specifics for analytics, timeseries, search, an...

17 Nov 202345min

Nikolay and Michael discuss blue-green deployments — specifically an RDS blog post, how similar this is (or not) to what they understand to be blue-green deployments, and how applicable the methodolog...

10 Nov 202343min

Nikolay and Michael discuss data model trade-offs — some cases where you might want to (gasp) de-normalize, and which PostgreSQL internals are at play.  Here are some links to things they mentioned:Ou...

3 Nov 202338min

Nikolay and Michael discuss under-indexing — how to tell if this applies to you, some general and specific cases, as well as some tricky ones.  Here are some links to things they mentioned:Indexes (do...

27 Okt 202334min