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In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we review two companies battling one another for text search dominance in Postgres, faster vector search with pg_vectorsearch, pushing Citus scaling with query routers and PostgreSQL 19 RC1 is released. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/439-text-search-battle-royale/ 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 performance improvements in ParadeDB as a result of PlanetScale, an open source BM25 index from PGX Inc., pgbouncer and pgvector patching and direct I/O benefits during backup. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/438-competition-is-good/ 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 reasons for all the PG 19 reversions, why open source wins, the cost of REPACK CONCURRENTLY and hint implementations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/437-reason-for-reversions/ 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 PG19 Beta 4, pgBouncer CVEs, managed provider security and transferring data to Clickhouse using physical replication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/436-postgres-19-beta-4-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 possibly twelve different feature reversions in Postgres 19 and why, the impact of one more index, the cost of a single insert and Neki is released. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/435-postgres-19-revert-train/ 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 various reversions and the uncertain release date of Postgres 19, pgSafe a new backup solution written in Go, inserting state transitions and an operator that supports logical replicas. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/434-postgres-19-reversions/ 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 see examples of using WAIT FOR in PG 19 for handling read after write, local NVME vs block store, new system views and the ambiguity of NULL. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/433-read-after-write/ 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 23 times faster inserts with UUIDv7, the benefits and downsides of UUIDs, how to optimize queries without table changes and using WAIT FOR to read your writes. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/432-23-times-faster-inserts-with-uuidv7/ 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 cover postgres.fm's interview of pgrust co-creator Michael Malis, pgDog vs RDS Proxy, Postgres on Kubernetes in 10 minutes and evolution to Postgres 19. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/431-pgrust-co-creator-postgresfm-interview/ 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 new releases fixing 28 security vulnerabilities, more MVCC, BYOK encryption and should Postgres include pgbouncer. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/430-28-security-vulnerabilities/ 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 pgrust running analytical queries 300 times faster than Postgres, how to speed up distinct count, Xata podcast and massively parallel backups. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/429-300-times-faster-analytics-with-pgrust/ 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 how bad Postgres MVCC is, a startup's survival guide for Postgres, an examination of DBOS, and different ways of performing hybrid searches. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/428-postgres-mvcc-is-bad/ 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 migrating to pg_hardstorage for Postgres backup, PG 19 Beta 2 is released, collecting log stats with pg_stat_log and PG 19 checkpoint additions. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/427-migrating-to-pg_hardstorage/ 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 progress of the Rust rewrite of Postgres called pgrust, more about the backup tool pg_hardstorage, beware listen / notify and how to fix bad SQL. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/426-pgrust-faster-than-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/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss excluding partitions without using a partition key, a pgBackRest interview, Postgres backup without an incremental chain and a replication deadlock bug in Postgres 14-16. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/425-novel-partition-exclusion/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/