PostgreSQL connections are expensive. Each backend process consumes roughly 10 MB of resident memory, holds a socket, and runs a
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Pagination is one of those API design decisions that seems trivial until your dataset grows. Return everything at once and
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Every production database tells a continuous story — orders placed, statuses updated, accounts created. But most applications treat their database
Continue readingChange Data Capture with Debezium: Streaming Database Changes to Kafka
Most production performance problems in database-backed applications trace back to the same root cause: missing or misused indexes. Not slow
Continue readingPostgreSQL Indexing Strategies: Choosing the Right Index for Every Query
Every week, the open-source community ships projects that make you stop and think — sometimes because they’re audacious, sometimes because
Every application that updates a database and then does something else — pushes to a search index, invalidates a cache,
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PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1 landed on June 4, 2026, and it’s packed with features that directly change how you write
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Every backend team eventually builds the same thing: a rickety scaffolding of cron jobs, background workers, message queues, and status
Continue readingpg_durable: Durable Workflows Inside PostgreSQL Without External Infrastructure
PostgreSQL 18 arrived in September 2025 (with the latest patch release, 18.4, landing May 14, 2026), and it’s one of
Continue readingPostgreSQL 18 Features That Change How You Write Queries
Most applications store data the same way: overwrite the current state and move on. A customer changes their address? Update