Scaling Postgres

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss subquery performance, how to avoid excessive locking when doing updates, how to change a columns datatype without excessive locking and lessons from an upgrade outage. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/274-subquery-performance-avoid-update-locking-column-changes-outage-wo...

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Debian & Ubuntu package Postgres, how ifflat indexes work, in vs any performance and how to log view usage. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/273-debian-ubuntu-packages-ivfflat-indexes-in-vs-any-view-logging/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 16 Beta 2, the rise of vectors and storing them, Foreign Data Wrapper performance and how to identify unused indexes. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/272-postgres-16-beta-2-rise-of-vectors-fdw-performance-unused-indexes/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to get 30% faster performance, the downsides of UUIDs, having too much WAL and whether Postgres should use processes or threads. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/271-30-percent-faster-uuid-downsides-growing-wal-processes-vs-threads/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to handle data skew, tools for Postgres monitoring, how to load data remotely and Postgres documentation. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/270-data-skew-monitoring-remote-access-csv-documentation/  

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Postgres upgrade struggles, how and why to use hyperloglog, using pgbouncer for session vs. transaction pooling, and methods to scale Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/269-upgrade-struggles-hyperloglog-pgbouncer-usage-postgres-scaling/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss faster COPY in Postgres 16, how to use psql variables, the importance of backup_label and issues with bad character encoding. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/268-faster-copy-psql-variables-backup_label-bad-encoding/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1, creating Rust functions with PL/Rust, memory problems related to partitioning and prepared statements, and modeling tags with arrays. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/267-postgres-16-beta-1-rust-functions-partitioning-memory-problems-...

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases, EDB Postgres Distributed, a privilege template and real-time dashboards. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/266-postgres-releases-postgres-distributed-privilege-template-real-time-dashboard/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss different ways to use pg_stat_statements, how to handle transaction ID wraparound, consultant knowledge and all the videos of CitusCon. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/265-pg_stat_statements-transaction-id-wraparound-consultant-knowledge-cituscon/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the worst part of Postgres, the status of pluggable storage, what makes a busy system and methods for managing different data architectures. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/264-worst-part-pluggable-storage-busy-system-data-architecture/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss LZ4 and ZSTD pg_dump compression, how to avoid problems, can triggers simplify and indexes can hurt. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/263-lz4-zstd-compression-avoiding-problems-triggers-simplify-indexes-can-hurt/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the pg_failover_slots extension, how PG16 allows logical decoding on standbys, what are trusted language extensions and how a package manager has been built for them. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/262-pg_failover_slots-standby-logical-decoding-trusted-language-extensi...

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to easily crate a foreign data wrapper to consume an API, present a convenient JSONB cheatsheet, changes to updating the vacuum cost limit and new parallel aggregates. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/261-easy-foreign-data-wrappers-jsonb-cheatsheet-updating-cost-limi...

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PL/Rust 1.0 release, row locks, Postgres errors and the new SQL 2023 standard. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/260-plrust-row-locks-postgres-errors-sql-2023/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss max_wal_size as it relates to recovery time, losing your data with collation changes, getting production ready and highlights coming in Postgres 16. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/258-logical-replication-database-antipatterns-max_wal_size-delete-vs-truncate/

  In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss use cases for logical replication, database anti-patterns, how to set max_wal_size and the difference between delete and truncate. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/258-logical-replication-database-antipatterns-max_wal_size-delete-vs-truncate/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Instacart adopting PgCat, binning or bucketing your data by time, the best settings for work_mem and how to avoid bad check constraints. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/257-adopting-pgcat-time-bins-work_mem-settings-bad-constraints/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss WAL growing to 11 Terabytes, pgec supporting writes, Patroni 3.0 & Citus for high availability, and setting up PostgREST. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/255-integer-overflow-user-friendly-permissions-dump-logical-replication-worker-config/  

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to detect & handle integer overflows, a wish for user-friendly permissions, using a dump to start logical replication and configuring background workers. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/255-integer-overflow-user-friendly-permissions-dump-logical-replication-worker...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PG Edge Cache, using Postgres & OpenAI, migrating citext to case-insenstive collations and PG16 compression options. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com  

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss working with unlogged tables, the new pg_stat_io feature, handling complex type constraints and choosing the best text type. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases, performance secrets, things not to do and filter vs. case. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com    

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to use the filter clause, create hypothetical indexes, store non-relational data and manage TOAST. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/251-filter-clause-hypothetical-index-non-relational-data-using-toast/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss resolving a performance issue, how PG16 allows you to survive without a superuser, reserving connections and handling partition management. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/250-performance-issue-survive-without-superuser-reserved-connections-partition-management/