Week 3 – Architecting August blogpost – As we celebrate Independence Day, we often think about freedom in terms of […]
Setting Up Repeatable Processes: The Freedom to Focus on What Matters Read Post »
Let’s learn how to compress, clean up, and retain PostgreSQL WAL files efficiently for PITR, replication, and backups. PostgreSQL’s Write-Ahead
Best Practices for WAL Archiving: Compression, Cleanup & Retention Read Post »
Choosing the Right Tech Stack: Balancing the Now vs the NextWhen you’re building a product — especially in a startup
The Founder’s Dilemma: Familiar vs Fit-for-Future Read Post »
Introduction: One of our customers were experiencing high CPU utilization during specific operations. We conducted close monitoring of the system
PostgreSQL Index Testing with HypoPG extension Read Post »
Architecting August – Week 1 In the zero-to-one phase, most startup decisions are reactive.You hire fast. You build fast. You
Designing Startup Systems That Scale: Hiring, Tech, Culture, Ops Read Post »
Introduction Schema migrations in PostgreSQL are notoriously hard to get right, especially when your systems require zero downtime. Anyone who’s
pgroll in Action: Client-Side Evaluation of Zero-Downtime Schema Migrations Read Post »
🧩Week 4 Theme: Sales and GTM Jumpstarts for Early-Stage Startups“Jump-start July” Series – Insights and tactics to accelerate early wins
Sell Before You Scale: GTM for Founders Who Hate Selling Read Post »
🧩 Jump-start July — Week 3From Solo to Squad: Building the Startup Core Team RightThe first people you hire aren’t
From Solo to Squad: Building the Startup Core Team Right Read Post »
🚀 The First 90 Days: Finding Traction Without Burning Out Jump-start July – Week 2You don’t need a million users
Gaining Traction in 30/60/90 Days Read Post »
When leveraging PostgreSQL for your application, PgBouncer is the go-to connection pooler for high concurrent workloads. You might already be
How We solved prepared statement issues with PgBouncer’s pooling modes Read Post »
We’re kicking off Jump-start July with one of the biggest unlocks for early-stage startups: designing your MVP to move fast
How to Design Your MVP for Speed & Feedback Read Post »
Introduction: The background writer is a crucial component in PostgreSQL that plays an essential role in maintaining database performance and
Understanding PostgreSQL Parameters: Background Writer parameters Read Post »
Every startup journey begins with a flicker of an idea. For Hari, the founder of OpenSource DB, that spark came
From Idea to Traction Read Post »
Introduction: I highly recommend starting with Part 1 of this blog series. In Part 2, we’ll dive into more advanced
Understanding PostgreSQL Parameters: Tuning Vacuum Parameters – Part-2 Read Post »
At OpenSource DB, we didn’t begin with pitch decks or polished cap tables. We began with a bold question:“What if
Fundraising at Startups: Storytelling with Substance Read Post »
Managing large datasets in PostgreSQL can quickly become a challenge, especially as tables grow and query performance starts to degrade.
Effortless PostgreSQL Partitioning with pg_partman Read Post »
When we started OpenSource DB four years ago, we didn’t have a ten-slide pitch deck or a well-funded war chest.
Building a Company Culture from Day One Read Post »
When it comes to managing PostgreSQL backups in production, pgBackRest has consistently stood out as one of the most powerful,
Evolving PostgreSQL Backups: My experience with automating backups Read Post »
As we step into June, I wanted to take a pause from frameworks, strategies, templates, and reflect on something more
Navigating Uncertainty as a Startup Founder Read Post »
This blog post is continuation to part 1 of PostgreSQL Installation: A Deep Dive into Its Internal Mechanics Part -1.
PostgreSQL Installation: A Deep Dive into Its Internal Mechanics Part -2 Read Post »
Keep it Simple – Launch Smarter, Not Slower! Are you a busy founder like @Hari Kiran? You’ve already got 99
Leveraging No-Code Tools for Fast MVP Testing Read Post »
