Scaling Postgres

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 ca...

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 tr...

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 mor...

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 t...

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 tra...

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...

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 Postgr...

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 P...

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...

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 Performanc...

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 Performan...

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 performanc...

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 ca...

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...

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...

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...

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/epi...

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...

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 P...

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 perform...

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 perfo...

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 Postgre...

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...

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 FR...

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...