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