Explores how PostgreSQL and its extensions can replace many modern tech stack components like Redis, Elasticsearch, and Kafka, simplifying architecture.
Learn how to use DTrace to monitor and inspect live SQL queries, including their arguments, from a running Go application without code changes.
Announcing two free online tech sessions: building a low-cost data warehouse with Azure and a beginner's guide to database indexing.
Explains how ToDictionaryAsync in Entity Framework Core retrieves entire database objects, impacting performance, and provides a solution using Select.
A technical analysis of a SQL interview question about detecting suspicious account logins from multiple countries within a short timeframe.
Explores using JSON arrays over objects for serialization in jOOQ's MULTISET operator, focusing on performance and reliability.
Compares PostgreSQL's tuple-based MVCC and append-only updates with Oracle's in-place row updates and undo-based MVCC for database concurrency.
A technical guide on common pitfalls and best practices for implementing foreign key constraints in database design, using Django examples.
A tutorial on using Positron's Connections Pane to connect to and query DuckDB databases efficiently, especially for handling large datasets.
A guide for Oracle DBAs on PostgreSQL transaction control, locking mechanisms, and performance monitoring basics.
Explains why you can't branch a Datomic database from a past state and presents a potential workaround using custom filters.
Critiques a misleading LinkedIn performance tip about Entity Framework, explaining why dragging entire databases into memory is inefficient and offering the correct solution.
PostgreSQL 18 adds a new parameter to json{b}_strip_nulls functions to also remove null elements from arrays, enhancing JSON data cleaning.
Common issues with SQL date functions and practical solutions for developers and DBAs to avoid errors and improve query performance.
Explains the new virtual generated columns feature in PostgreSQL 18, detailing its syntax, behavior, and current limitations.
PostgreSQL 18 adds delay time logging to VACUUM/ANALYZE VERBOSE and autovacuum logs, aiding performance monitoring.
PostgreSQL 18 adds tracking of cost-based vacuum delay time to progress views, helping monitor performance impact of vacuum operations.
A developer's review of Neon, a serverless managed PostgreSQL service, highlighting its branching feature and comparing it to other cloud providers.
PostgreSQL 18 adds support for converting Roman numerals to numbers using the to_number() function, filling a long-standing gap.
A technical guide on configuring TLS/SSL encryption for MongoDB, covering certificate generation and server setup.
