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Scaling Postgres

Creston Jamison
Scaling Postgres
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    300 Times Faster Analytics With pgrust | Scaling Postgres 429

    09/08/2026 | 13 mins.
    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/
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    Postgres MVCC Is Bad? | Scaling Postgres 428

    02/08/2026 | 17 mins.
    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/
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    Migrating to pg_hardstorage | Scaling Postgres 427

    26/07/2026 | 8 mins.
    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/
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    pgrust Faster Than Postgres? | Scaling Postgres 426

    19/07/2026 | 15 mins.
    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/
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    Novel Partition Exclusion | Scaling Postgres 425

    12/07/2026 | 17 mins.
    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/
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Learn how to get the best performance and scale your PostgreSQL database with our weekly shows. Receive the best content curated from around the web. We have a special focus on content for developers since your architecture and usage is the key to getting the most performance out of PostgreSQL.
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