PostgreSQL "auto_explain" functionality is a useful debugging helper that many people don't know about. Describes setup and use cases.
Business critical applications require full encryption to match legal requirements. We published a patch to provide full database encryption.
BRIN indexes have been introduced in PostgreSQL 9.5. While BRIN indexes are definitely a win, people tend to exaggerate and use them far too frequently.
WAL compression is a new feature of PostgreSQL 9.5 that not many are yet aware of. This post provides a test case highlighting the benefits.
A short how to on quickly spotting bloated PostgreSQL tables - 2 different methods. We also show how to artificially generate table bloat.
How to use the watch command: allows you to watch the program output change over time. It is therefore a perfect tool to track down errors.
Unix sockets vs. localhost: We posted a lot of tuning advice on this blog already. Now we thought we would […]
How to beat the latency of Uber's geo-fencing query by just using nice PostgreSQL code and 30 minutes of programming time.
Here is some pg_type related trickery, which might be entertaining. A workaround for porting the pg_type table from Oracle to PostgreSQL.
If you happen to run Windows, pg_ctl provides a nice way to register a PostgreSQL service. We show you how to do it right.
Is there really a performance difference in PostgreSQL on hardware and PostgreSQL on Virtualbox? Find out here.
Configure services in a config file: pg_service.conf, and address them without having to worry about host, port, user and so on.
