PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works
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Best Databases stories of 2026
Database engines, query optimization, and data infrastructure.
Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database
709 pts, 413 comments
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Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres
674 pts, 144 comments
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The startup's Postgres survival guide
522 pts, 240 comments
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Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY actually scales
372 pts, 84 comments
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Free SQL→ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploaded
366 pts, 74 comments
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Kimi K3 exploited the latest Redis server
271 pts, 100 comments
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Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug
266 pts, 239 comments
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SQLite in Production: Optimizing WAL Mode, Concurrency, and VFS Layers
258 pts, 77 comments
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SQLite as a Document Database (2020)
252 pts, 60 comments
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PostgreSQL for Everything
234 pts, 269 comments
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Postgres transactions are a distributed systems superpower
PostgreSQL transactions are viewed as powerful tools for distributed systems, with some discussing their use as a state store and the importance of co-locating…
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PostgreSQL and the OOM killer: Why we use strict memory overcommit
Discussions highlight Linux's default memory overcommit issues, PostgreSQL's handling of ENOMEM, and the trade-offs of disabling overcommit.
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Go 1.27
182 pts, 265 comments
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Making Postgres 300x faster for analytics: batching, operator fusion, and SIMD
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How to corrupt an SQLite database file
160 pts, 40 comments
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Critical CVE issued for hallucinated SQLite vulnerability
146 pts, 372 comments
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From the creator of Redis; run LLM locally with ds4
138 pts, 104 comments
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Kedge – Full-stack cloud with forkable VM snapshots and global SQLite
135 pts, 25 comments
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Stinkpot: SQLite-backed shell history
127 pts, 40 comments
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Making Postgres queues scale
126 pts, 34 comments
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PostgreSQL is enough (2024)
123 pts, 91 comments
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Massively Parallel Postgres Backups
120 pts, 16 comments
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MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta
111 pts, 305 comments
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Neki is sharded Postgres by PlanetScale
98 pts, 4 comments
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Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite
97 pts, 167 comments
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Rethinking Database Programming
89 pts, 161 comments
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LatticeDB – Like SQLite but for graph databases
89 pts, 54 comments
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PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types
A PostgreSQL performance comparison across 23 EC2 instance types was discussed, with suggestions to include Azure, GCP, AMD instances, and optimized read types.
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Choose DuckDB rather than SQLite
87 pts, 57 comments
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Arch Linux disables AUR package adoption
86 pts, 128 comments
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Shopify replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations–and it scaled
80 pts, 261 comments
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Syncular – offline-first SQL sync with TypeScript and Rust cores
75 pts, 29 comments
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos into a Palantir Database
74 pts, 43 comments
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DuckDB V2 PEG-based SQL parser
71 pts, 8 comments
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CosmosEscape: Taking over Every Database in Azure Cosmos DB
71 pts, 17 comments
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Understanding B-Tree Indexes in PostgreSQL: A Comprehensive Guide– Part 1
66 pts, 3 comments
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SQLite improving performance with pre-sort
65 pts, 5 comments
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Any text-to-SQL benchmark should address difficulties of real-world data stores
62 pts, 21 comments
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IBM i (OS/400) the Database Operating System
53 pts, 36 comments
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DeepSQL – A self-hostable DBA agent for Postgres and MySQL
52 pts, 35 comments
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Markdown Database Pattern
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