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Scaling Postgres

Scaling Postgres

Learn how to get the best performance and scale your PostgreSQL database with our weekly shows. Receive the best content curated from around the web. We have a special focus on content for developers since your architecture and usage is the key to getting the most performance out of PostgreSQL.

Creston Jamison · [email protected] (Ruby Tree Software Inc)

420 episodesEN

Show overview

Scaling Postgres has been publishing since 2018, and across the 8 years since has built a catalogue of 420 episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 155th season.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 13 min and 18 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 23 episodes already out so far this year. Published by [email protected] (Ruby Tree Software Inc).

Episodes
420
Running
2018–2026 · 8y
Median length
15 min
Cadence
Weekly

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Learn how to get the best performance and scale your PostgreSQL database with our weekly shows. Receive the best content curated from around the web. We have a special focus on content for developers since your architecture and usage is the key to getting the most performance out of PostgreSQL.

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Postgres 19 Beta 1 Released | Scaling Postgres 420

Jun 7, 202618 min

The Dynamic Duo? | Scaling Postgres 419

May 31, 202615 min

Multigres Architecture | Scaling Postgres 418

May 24, 202616 min

11 Security Issues | Scaling Postgres 417

May 17, 202619 min

Zero Bloat Postgres Queue | Scaling Postgres 416

May 10, 202615 min

pgBackRest Is Dead? | Scaling Postgres 415

May 3, 202616 min

Repack Concurrently | Scaling Postgres 414

Apr 26, 202619 min

Shard With One Command | Scaling Postgres 413

Apr 19, 202619 min

Half as Fast on Linux 7 | Scaling Postgres 412

Apr 12, 202615 min

Absorbing Load | Scaling Postgres 411

Apr 5, 202619 min

Ep 410Postgres Traffic Cop! | Scaling Postgres 410

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a proprietary way of controlling Postgres query traffic, preserving statistics during upgrades, a DB schema migration survey and a new repack command. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/410-postgres-traffic-cop/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Mar 29, 202612 min

Ep 409Iceberg Causes Postgres Acquisitions? | Scaling Postgres 409

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Apache Iceberg may have lead to Postgres company acquisitions, presentations on CloudNativePG & query tuning, setting up Patroni and utilizing PgBouncer. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/409-iceberg-causes-postgres-acquisitions/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Mar 22, 202614 min

Ep 408Open Source Eating The World | Scaling Postgres 408

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how open source is eating the world, mitigating plan flips, migrating from Heroku to RDS, and how work_mem is a trap. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/408-open-source-eating-the-world/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Mar 15, 202617 min

Ep 407Stable Plans? | Scaling Postgres 407

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the possibility of having stable plans in Postgres 19, settings to kill disconnected or crashed clients, on conflict do select and all about Patroni. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/407-stable-plans/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Mar 8, 202618 min

Ep 406Lock Causes Data To Vanish! | Scaling Postgres 406

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how a lock can cause data to vanish, new Postgres releases, fast replication with peerDB and pg_ash for wait sampling. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/406-lock-causes-data-to-vanish/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Mar 1, 202618 min

Ep 405Out of Cycle Releases | Scaling Postgres 405

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss an out of cycle Postgres release, a Supabase downtime incident, optimizing top K queries and how to maintain reading efficiency. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/405-out-of-cycle-releases/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Feb 22, 202616 min

Ep 404Postmaster Does Not Scale! | Scaling Postgres 404

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how the postmaster does not scale, new Postgres releases, data storage using PAX and a path generation strategies change. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/404-postmaster-does-not-scale/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Feb 15, 202617 min

Ep 403Mitigate Retry Storms? | Scaling Postgres 403

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a potential way to mitigate retry storms or orphan DB sessions with client_connection_check_interval, checkpoint configuration, skip scans and more just use Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/403-mitigate-retry-storms/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Feb 8, 202616 min

Ep 402Millions of QPS | Scaling Postgres 402

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how OpenAI's ChatGPT handles millions of queries per second, an update on PgDog, Clickhouse offers OLTP hosted Postgres and partition table source of truth. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/402-millions-of-qps/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Feb 1, 202618 min

Ep 401One Billion Vectors On Postgres | Scaling Postgres 401

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss searching one billion vectors on Postgres, how to bypass a vector index search, unconventional optimizations and a 40x boost to listen/notify performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/401-one-billion-vectors-on-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

Jan 25, 202622 min
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