Podcast Episodes

Database branching

Episode 19

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

Database Lab EngineOverview of Aurora cloning PlanetScale branchingCommon DB schema change mistakes (blo…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Version control for databases

Episode 18

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

A brief history of Version Control Systems (blog post by Mehran Hajirajabi)Redgate Source Control for Or…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Contributing to Postgres

Episode 17

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

PostgreSQL 14 coin (upside down!)Intro to Planner Hacking (talk by Melanie Plageman)Demystifying contrib…

3 years, 2 months ago

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Stored procedures

Episode 16

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

Extending SQL PostgREST  PL/pgSQL EdgeDB  pgTAP  Sqitch Flyway  Liquibase  client_min_messages  log_min_…

3 years, 2 months ago

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PostgreSQL 15

Episode 15

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

PostgreSQL 15 release notesSpeeding up sort performance in Postgres 15 (blog post by David Rowley)Past, …

3 years, 3 months ago

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102 Query optimization

Episode 14

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

pg_plan_advsr How partial, covering, and multicolumn indexes may slow down UPDATEs (blog post by Nikolay…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Why is Postgres popular?

Episode 13

This episode was badly affected by internet issues. Hopefully the edit came out ok, but the quality should be back to a better level from next week.

H…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Index maintenance

Episode 12

Important correction from this episode: amcheck promises no false positives, not no false negatives, sorry!

Here are links to a few things we mentione…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Query macro analysis intro

Episode 11

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

pg_stat_statementspgFouinepgBadgerpg_querypg_stat_activityauto_explainCan auto_explain (with timing) hav…

3 years, 4 months ago

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WAL and checkpoint tuning

Episode 10

Here are links to a few things we mentioned: 

LSN (log sequence number)On the impact of full-page writes (blog post by Tomas Vondra)Deep dive on Auror…

3 years, 4 months ago

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