Postgres 18: The Deep Cuts | Scaling Postgres 386

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PG17 and PG18 benchmarks across storage types, more about Postgres locks, sanitizing SQL and can a faster software & hardware environment cause performance problems? To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/388-nvme-wins/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we explore how PG18 locking changes can boost planning performance, how to store data safely on a budget, how to build a parquet file archive solution and we discuss the completion of the summer of upgrades. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/387-boosting-planning-performance/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss additional Postgres 18 features, some future features for Postgres, how to use update with limit and how recent Ubuntu OS patches cause a Postgres restart. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/386-postgres-18-the-deep-cuts/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 18 and cover different features such as asynchronous I/O, enhanced return from statements, parallel apply, adding not null as not valid and more! To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/385-postgres-18-released/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss getting excited about Postgres 18, oauth authentication, reconsidering your interface and a zero downtime upgrade. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/384-preparing-for-postgres-18/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss free availability of an OrioleDB patent, pgEdge going open source, pg_duckdb hitting 1.0 and methods resolve to slow order by limit queries. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/383-orioledb-more-free/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using a LLM as an agent, the importance of partitioned table statistics, PG 18 RC1, primary keys in sharded databases and a blue/green rollback. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/382-db-llm-agents/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss DocumentDB moving to the Linux Foundation, multi-column indexes, SCRAM pass-through and RDS Proxy oddities. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/381-documentdb-movement/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss enhancements to Oriole DB, new Postgres releases, a logging guide and application framework frustrations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/380-storage-engine-progress/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss when you should reindex, how to handle case insensitive data, how to index jsonb and the top recommendations when doing performance optimizations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/379-unconventional-advice/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/