Production database incidents rarely look like what you expect. They don’t arrive with sirens. They accumulate quietly — a mount […]
When a Disk Expansion Brought Down a PostgreSQL Archive Pipeline Read Post »
The CVEs That Matter Most in Production 🔴 Critical: Path Traversal in pg_basebackup & pg_rewind (CVE-2026-6475) Who’s hit: Anyone running
What Production Teams Need to Know About May ‘26 Postgres Minor releases Read Post »
plpgsql_check extension Plpgsql_check is a powerful postgres extension that acts as a linter and validator for pl/pgsql functions, catching bugs
Syntax Is Not Enough: Catching Hidden Semantic Errors in PostgreSQL with plpgsql_check Read Post »
In Part 1 and Part 2 of pg_search: Modern Full-Text Search Inside PostgreSQL, we explored the architecture, motivation, and performance
BM25 in PostgreSQL: Modern Relevance Ranking and the Growing Search Ecosystem Read Post »
Introduction: Performance optimization is a core responsibility of every DBA. In a production environment, tuning a database requires a structured
Performance Optimization And Replication in PostgreSQL Read Post »
pg_search is a PostgreSQL extension developed by ParadeDB that enhances native PostgreSQL full-text search capabilities by introducing a high-performance BM25-based
pg_search: Modern Full-Text Search Inside PostgreSQL : Part 1 Read Post »
When multiple users try to update the same data simultaneously, chaos could ensue without proper coordination. PostgreSQL’s row-level locking mechanism
Understanding PostgreSQL Row-Level Locking: A Practical Guide Read Post »
Introduction In day-to-day database operations, a key responsibility of a DBA is to monitor database health, handle performance issues, and
Understanding Database Performance Based on Query Behavior Read Post »
Our journey to PGConf India has officially begun! Starting today, we’re launching a daily blog series that will run every
Memory management is crucial to the performance of PostgreSQL databases. How PostgreSQL allocates and utilizes memory directly impacts query speed,
Exploring the depths of PostgreSQL’s Memory: A Practical Guide to pg_buffercache Read Post »
Do Postgres have Global Temporary Table in the same way that Oracle and SQL Server do ? No, PostgreSQL does
Implementing Global Temporary Tables in PostgreSQL with pgtt Read Post »
Logical replication is one of the most fascinating internals of PostgreSQL. Unlike physical replication, which works at the block level,
One Tuple, Many Steps : Inside PostgreSQL Logical Replication Read Post »
Being a PostgreSQL DBA means living in a world where production issues don’t arrive on a schedule. Over the past
Battle-Tested: Being a PostgreSQL DBA Read Post »
If you have ever tried to bulk-load millions of rows into a database and watched it crawl because of foreign
The PostgreSQL superpower you should use with caution: session_replication_role Read Post »
Our client was experiencing frustratingly slow delete operations in their PostgreSQL database. What should have been a monthly data cleanup
Optimizing PostgreSQL Delete Operations: A Deep Dive into Performance Troubleshooting Read Post »
In modern database architectures, it’s common to maintain separate environments for transactional operations and analytical workloads. One challenging scenario is
Subqueries, often called nested queries or inner queries, are a powerful feature in SQL that allow you to execute one
Understanding Subqueries in PostgreSQL- Part 1 Read Post »
Production PostgreSQL deployments demand high availability. Applications requiring four or five nines of uptime need resilient database clusters built on
Postgres HA Architecture: Eliminating SPoF with Keepalived Read Post »
Welcome to the Day30 of PG18Hacktober !! PostgreSQL 18 brings significant improvements to its system catalogs and statistics views, expanding
PG18 Hacktober: 31 Days of New Features : Catalog Views Got Smarter Read Post »
Modern data systems thrive on real-time change streams. Whether it’s auditing user actions, replicating changes across databases, or feeding events
Streaming PostgreSQL changes as JSON with wal2json Read Post »
When something goes wrong in PostgreSQL, most people first look at logs, queries, or monitoring dashboards. But there’s another very
Understanding PostgreSQL system catalogs for Troubleshooting Read Post »
