Épisodes

  • One Billion Vectors On Postgres | Scaling Postgres 401
    Jan 25 2026

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss searching one billion vectors on Postgres, how to bypass a vector index search, unconventional optimizations and a 40x boost to listen/notify performance.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/401-one-billion-vectors-on-postgres/

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    22 min
  • The Cost of Arrays | Scaling Postgres 400
    Jan 18 2026

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the cost of arrays, dealing with integer overflow, idle sessions causing transaction wraparound and AI or LLM index recommendations.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/400-the-cost-of-arrays/

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    18 min
  • Index Overhead? | Scaling Postgres 399
    Jan 11 2026

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the overhead of indexes, a Postgres year in review, an intro to row locking and table renaming issues.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/399-index-overhead/

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    19 min
  • Latency Killing Performance? | Scaling Postgres 398
    Jan 4 2026

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we examine how latency impacts performance, naughty queries, bm25 indexes and how to quickly create database clones.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/398-latency-killing-performance/

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    20 min
  • Vacuum Is Lying To You? | Scaling Postgres 397
    Dec 21 2025

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss if vacuum is lying to you with regard to index cleanup, an agentic toolkit with MCP server, indexes getting corrupted after an upgrade and $50 Planetscale Metal.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/397-vacuum-is-lying-to-you/

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    17 min
  • 600 Times Faster Analytics | Scaling Postgres 396
    Dec 14 2025

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using Postgres queries in ClickHouse, faster faceted search, max_connections & migrations and different scan types.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/396-600-times-faster-analytics/

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    19 min
  • 16 Times Faster Join Plans | Scaling Postgres 395
    Dec 7 2025

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a patch that can plan joins 16 times faster, the best way to record text values, extensions via image volumes with CloudNativePG and using pg_partman vs rolling your own.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/395-16-times-faster-join-plans/

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    16 min
  • 5 Times Faster Aggregates | Scaling Postgres 394
    Nov 30 2025

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss my Black Friday / Cyber Monday course deal, the job security that LLMs provide, new Postgres releases and why you should hard your datbase.

    To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:
    https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/394-five-times-faster-aggregates/

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    16 min