Best Postgres Podcasts (2024)

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Postgres Goes Parquet | Scaling Postgres 339 11:32

2h ago11:32

11:32

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss pg_parquet allowing Postgres to read and write parquet files, other useful extensions, open source bounties, and Postgres gotchas. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/339-postgres-goes-parquet/ Want to learn more about Postgres…

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Advanced psql 52:37

1h ago52:37

52:37

Nikolay and Michael discuss some cool things you can do with psql, the official CLI that ships with Postgres. Here are some links to things they mentioned: psql docs https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html Our episode on psql vs GUIs https://postgres.fm/episodes/psql-vs-guis postgres_dba https://github.com/NikolayS/postgres_dba Our ep…

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S3E1: Francesco Tisiot, Field CTO Aiven 31:46

1h ago31:46

31:46

Joining Aiven in 2021, Francesco Tisiot works as a Field CTO and AI Lead. He serves as a technical advisor to clients and prospects, helping to meet their needs without the focus on sales, acting as a 'rented' CTO to provide expert guidance. Join us as we dive into Francesco's insightful perspectives on the Postgres community, where he challenges t…

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How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with Tom Lane 1:39:18

3d ago1:39:18

1:39:18

It was not Tom Lane’s plan to become a computer person. Tom’s plan was to be a pinball machine designer. And yet for the last 26 years Tom has been one of the most prolific engineering contributors to Postgres. In this episode of Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano, PostgreSQL luminary Tom Lane walks us through how he got his start as a developer…

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JSON Goodies In Postgres 17 | Scaling Postgres 338 17:03

1h ago17:03

17:03

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the JSON goodies in Postgres 17, trigger recursion, pg_dump as backup and pg_timeseries columnar performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/338-json-goodies-in-postgres-17/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? J…

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Postgres Gotchas 40:19

1h ago40:19

40:19

Nikolay and Michael discuss some Postgres Gotchas, things you might expect to work one way in fact working another way. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Out episode on NULLs https://postgres.fm/episodes/nulls-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-and-the-unknown Postgres Gotchas (list by Ian Barwick) https://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas…

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77 Times Faster In Postgres 17 | Scaling Postgres 337 14:19

10d ago14:19

14:19

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how one query runs 77 times faster in Postgres 17, a detailed Postgres 17 performance webinar, using logical replication fail over slots and a discussion on Patroni. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/337-77-times-faster-in-po…

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Advanced EXPLAIN 48:47

8d ago48:47

48:47

Nikolay and Michael discuss some more advanced topics around EXPLAIN, including some tips for complex query plans, some recent improvements, and an idea or two that might make it even better. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Michael’s solo episode on EXPLAIN basics https://postgres.fm/episodes/explain Our episode on auto_explain https:…

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More Postgres 17 Highlights | Scaling Postgres 336 12:54

2d ago12:54

12:54

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss more about the features released with Postgres 17, an example of performance improvements, things to watch out for, and the start of Postgres 18. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/336-more-postgres-17-highlights/ Want to lear…

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Patroni 45:33

18d ago45:33

45:33

Michael and Nikolay are joined by Alexander Kukushkin, PostgreSQL contributor and maintainer of Patroni, to discuss all things Patroni — what it is, how it works, recent improvements, and more. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Alexander Kukushkin https://postgres.fm/people/alexander-kukushkin Patroni https://github.com/patroni/patroni …

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Postgres 17 Released! | Scaling Postgres 335 18:32

10d ago18:32

18:32

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 17, b-tree performance gains, logical replication enhancements and different levels of performance tuning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/335-postgres-17-released/ Want to learn more about Postgres …

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Postgres 17 42:03

12d ago42:03

42:03

Nikolay and Michael discuss the fresh new Postgres 17 release! They cover several performance improvements, favourite new features, and some considerations for upgrading. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Postgres 17 release notes https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/release-17.html transaction_timeout episode https://postgres.fm/episodes…

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Optimizing For Analytics | Scaling Postgres 334 21:55

29d ago21:55

21:55

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to optimize your database for analytics, how to speed up counts, improvements to TimescaleDB and why you should stop using serial. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/334-optimizing-for-analytics/ Want to learn more about P…

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Planning time 42:17

19d ago42:17

42:17

Nikolay and Michael discuss planning time in Postgres — what it is, how to spot issues, its relationship to things like partitioning, and some tips for avoiding issues. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Query Planning (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-query.html Are there limits to partition counts? (Blog pos…

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Becoming a Postgres committer with Melanie Plageman 1:22:38

19d ago1:22:38

1:22:38

If you could work on anything, would you quit your job to pursue it? Postgres committer and major contributor Melanie Plageman joined Claire Giordano on this episode of the Talking Postgres podcast (formerly Path To Citus Con) to share her story about becoming a Postgres committer. Melanie pivoted from IT consulting to open-source development, driv…

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When Select Writes! | Scaling Postgres 333 13:38

1M ago13:38

13:38

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss when select can write, Postgres RC1 is released, Tetris in SQL and copy, swap, drop. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/333-when-select-writes/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgr…

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Slow count 43:25

1M ago43:25

43:25

Nikolay and Michael discuss why counting can be slow in Postgres, and what the options are for counting things quickly at scale. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Aggregate functions (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-aggregate.html PostgREST https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest Get rid of count by default in Pos…

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Sometimes It Is Slow? | Scaling Postgres 332 15:10

1M ago15:10

15:10

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss what can happen when queries get slow, backup best practices, Postgres emergencies and the state of Postgres survey. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/332-sometimes-it-is-slow/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? J…

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Skip scan 57:49

2M ago57:49

57:49

Michael and Nikolay are joined by Peter Geoghegan, major contributor and committer to Postgres, to discuss adding skip scan support to PostgreSQL over versions 17 and 18. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Peter Geoghegan https://postgres.fm/people/peter-geoghegan Peter’s previous (excellent) interview on Postgres TV https://www.youtube.…

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Is pg_dump A Backup Tool? | Scaling Postgres 331 17:31

2M ago17:31

17:31

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether pg_dump is a backup tool, the pgMonitor extension, Postgres malware, and application uses for the merge command. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/331-is-pg_dump-a-backup-tool/ Want to learn more about Postgres perfor…

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Postgres Emergency Room 45:27

2M ago45:27

45:27

Nikolay and Michael discuss PostgreSQL emergencies — both the psychological side of incident management, and some technical aspects too. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Site Reliability Engineering resources from Google https://sre.google GitLab Handbook SRE https://handbook.gitlab.com/job-families/engineering/infrastructure/site-reli…

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Splicing Elephant & Duck DNA | Scaling Postgres 330 14:58

2M ago14:58

14:58

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the merging of Postgres and DuckDB via the pg_duckdb extension, how this can help the analytics story for Postgres, some ways to improve PG analytics and building a search engine. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/330-splicin…

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Get or Create 50:19

2M ago50:19

50:19

Michael and Nikolay are joined by Haki Benita, a technical lead and database enthusiast who writes an excellent blog and gives popular talks and training sessions too, to discuss the surprisingly complex topic of trying to implement “get or create” in PostgreSQL — handling issues around idempotency, concurrency, and bloat. Here are some links to th…

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PGlite: Embeddable Postgres & postgres.new | Scaling Postgres 329 19:01

2M ago19:01

19:01

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PGlite, an embeddable Postgres, postgres.new which adds AI features, new Postgres releases and the performance of synchronous replication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/329-pglite-embeddable-postgres/ Want to learn more a…

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Getting started with benchmarking 56:32

2M ago56:32

56:32

Michael and Nikolay are joined by Melanie Plageman, database internals engineer at Microsoft and major contributor and committer to PostgreSQL, to discuss getting started with benchmarking — how it differs for users and developers of Postgres, how and when it comes up during development, some tools and lessons, as well as what she's working on at t…

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Implement Get Or Create | Scaling Postgres 328 16:10

2M ago16:10

16:10

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss different get or create implementations, a new pgBouncer version, alter default privileges, and six degrees of separation with Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/328-implement-get-or-create/ Want to learn more about …

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How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with David Rowley 1:29:08

3M ago1:29:08

1:29:08

Ever wonder how driving a forklift at a cheese factory could lead to a career in databases? Postgres committer David Rowley joined Claire Giordano on this episode of the Talking Postgres podcast (formerly Path To Citus Con) to share his story about how he got started as a developer and in Postgres. Could an unexpected job lead to your dream career?…

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Index-Only Scans 39:15

2M ago39:15

39:15

Nikolay and Michael discuss Index-Only Scans in Postgres — what they are, how they help, some things to look out for, and some advice. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Index-Only Scans and Covering Indexes (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/indexes-index-only-scans.html Discussion on Twitter about JIT and Parallel Query def…

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Postgres Graph Queries | Scaling Postgres 327 16:30

3M ago16:30

16:30

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using Postgres for graph queries, the fastest way to copy data from one table to another, dealing with linux memory overcommit and compression. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/327-postgres-graph-queries/ Want to learn more …

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Why Postgres? 41:00

3M ago41:00

41:00

Nikolay and Michael discuss why they chose Postgres — as users, for their businesses, for their careers, as well as some doubts. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Our episode on why Postgres become popular https://postgres.fm/episodes/why-is-postgres-popular Database Systems: The Complete Book (by Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeff Ullman, and …

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Faster Index Creation | Scaling Postgres 326 20:28

3M ago20:28

20:28

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we talk about speeding up index creation, extensions to track wait events, a row pattern recognition feature and savepoints. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/326-faster-index-creation/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Joi…

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Compression 45:16

3M ago45:16

45:16

Nikolay and Michael discuss compression in Postgres — what's available natively, newer algorithms in recent versions, and several extensions with compression features. Here are some links to things they mentioned: wal_compression https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-WAL-COMPRESSION Our episode on WAL and checkpoint tu…

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Faster Paging? | Scaling Postgres 325 20:07

3M ago20:07

20:07

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss more ways to keep the superior performance of keyset pagination, how to implement UUIDv7 in SQL functions, how expensive extended statistics are and the benefits of range columns. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/325-faster-…

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Out of disk 43:26

3M ago43:26

43:26

Nikolay and Michael discuss Postgres running out of disk space — including what happens, what can cause it, how to recover, and most importantly, how to prevent it from happening in the first place. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Disk Full (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/disk-full.html pgcompacttable https://github.com…

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Four Million TPS | Scaling Postgres 324 16:29

4M ago16:29

16:29

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss experiments to achieve four million transaction per second, the importance of extended statistics, parallelism in Postgres and an introduction to window functions. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/324-four-million-tps/ Want …

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Podcasting about Postgres with Pino de Candia 1:24:09

4M ago1:24:09

1:24:09

Have you ever eavesdropped on other people’s conversations? Former co-host Pino de Candia joins Claire Giordano on this episode of Talking Postgres (formerly Path To Citus Con) to share their experience on podcasting about Postgres. Is listening to a podcast the next best thing to being in the hallway track at a conference? Does it bring the commun…

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Postgres startup ecosystem 35:42

4M ago35:42

35:42

Nikolay and Michael discuss the Postgres startup ecosystem — some recent closures, some recent fundraising announcements, and their thoughts on where things are going and what they'd like to see. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Prediction from Dax Raad https://x.com/thdxr/status/1808972166752580039 OtterTune shut down https://x.com/an…

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PgBouncer Breaking Change | Scaling Postgres 323 23:47

4M ago23:47

23:47

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a breaking change in the new version of PgBouncer, PostgreSQL 17 Beta 2 is released, examination of the new built-in collation provider in PG 17 and Notion's data lake. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/323-pgbouncer-breaking…

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Four million TPS 45:50

4M ago45:50

45:50

Nikolay talks Michael through a recent experiment to find the current maximum transactions per second single-node Postgres can achieve — why he was looking into it, what bottlenecks occurred along the way, and ideas for follow up experiments. Here are some links to things they mentioned: How many TPS can we get from a single Postgres node? (Article…

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S2E10: DJ Patil and Ray Lane, GreatPoint Ventures 44:18

4M ago44:18

44:18

Today we’re joined by Ray Lane and DJ Patil from GreatPoint Ventures. Ray, known for his pivotal role at Oracle during its turnaround, shares his journey from the US Army to top tech positions and eventually co-founding GreatPoint Ventures, where he supports entrepreneurs. DJ Patil – investor, entrepreneur, and former U.S. Chief Data Scientist – jo…

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Postgres Sort Instability? | Scaling Postgres 322 19:48

4M ago19:48

19:48

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss an incremental sort instability issue with the Postgres planner, whether we should use foreign keys, how the visibility map works and how to vacuum the template0 database. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/322-postgres-sort-i…

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Soft delete 37:40

4M ago37:40

37:40

Nikolay and Michael discuss soft deletion in Postgres — what it means, several use cases, some implementation options, and which implementations suit which use cases. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Soft deletion probably isn't worth it (blog post by Brandur) https://brandur.org/soft-deletion Easy alternative soft deletion (blog post …

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Ottertune Is Dead! | Scaling Postgres 321 11:02

4M ago11:02

11:02

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the shutdown of Ottertune, how schema changes cause locks and how to avoid them, the benefits of on conflic do nothing, and pgvectorscale. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/321-ottertune-is-dead/ Want to learn more about Post…

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The Making of POSETTE: An Event for Postgres with Teresa Giacomini & Aaron Wislang 1:35:04

4M ago1:35:04

1:35:04

It’s not a conference unless you can confer, right? POSETTE organizers Teresa Giacomini and Aaron Wislang join Claire Giordano on the Path To Citus Con* podcast to share backstage perspectives on the making of POSETTE: An Event for Postgres. How do you feel about captions: love or hate? Should livestream talks be pre-recorded or presented live? Why…

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Should we use foreign keys? 51:21

4M ago51:21

51:21

Nikolay and Michael discuss foreign keys in Postgres — what they are, their benefits, their overhead, some edge cases to be aware of, some improvements coming, and whether or not they generally recommend using them. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Foreign keys (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ddl-constraints.html#DDL-CON…

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100 TB and Beyond! | Scaling Postgres 320 17:32

4M ago17:32

17:32

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss three organizations scaling their databases to 100 TB and beyond, collation speed, configuring memory and new AI extensions To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/320-100tb-and-beyond/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance…

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pgvectorscale 55:27

5M ago55:27

55:27

Nikolay is joined by Mat Arye and John Pruitt, from Timescale, to discuss their new extension pgvectorscale and high-performance vector search in Postgres more generally. Main links: https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale https://www.timescale.com/blog/pgvector-vs-pinecone https://postgres.fm/people/matvey-arye https://postgres.fm/people/john-p…

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When Postgres Development Stopped! | Scaling Postgres 319 12:05

5M ago12:05

12:05

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a time when Postgres development stopped, two new extensions pg_lakehouse & pg_compare and the upcoming event Posette. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/319-when-postgres-development-stoppped/…

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To 100TB, and beyond! 47:42

5M ago47:42

47:42

Michael and Nikolay are joined by three special guests for episode 100 who have all scaled Postgres to significant scale — Arka Ganguli from Notion, Sammy Steele from Figma, and Derk van Veen from Adyen. They cover how their setup has evolved, what their plans are for the future, and get into the weeds of some fun and interesting challenges along t…

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Postgres 17 Beta 1 Released | Scaling Postgres 318 17:54

5M ago17:54

17:54

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss all the new features in Postgres 17 Beta 1, some features that did not make it, database collations & sorting and causes of slow commits. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/318-postgres-17-beta-1-released/…

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