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Data storage and retrieval remain central to every serious system. This topic covers SQL and NoSQL databases, distributed systems, query engines, and the trade-offs teams make when choosing data infrastructure.

Postgres releases, SQLite appreciation threads, and NewSQL debates regularly dominate HN — this archive preserves them.

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The startup's Postgres survival guide

hatchet.run · 497 points · 216 comments

A flaky test exposed a Redis client use-after-free

buildkite.engineering · 46 points · 14 comments

Datalevin – a simple, fast, and versatile Datalog database

github.com · 7 points · 0 comments

DeepSQL – A self-hostable DBA agent for Postgres and MySQL

deepsql.ai · 50 points · 33 comments

Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database

news.risky.biz · 709 points · 413 comments

MSG database tracked hundreds. Labels include "LGBTQIA," and low to high "risk."

wired.com · 5 points · 1 comments

Postgres rewritten in Rust, now passing 100% of the Postgres regression tests

github.com · 25 points · 19 comments

Claude, Start My Database

docs.eventsourcingdb.io · 3 points · 2 comments

Connect DuckDB to any database that has an ADBC driver

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

github.com · 19 points · 0 comments

FactIQ – a realtime econ+finance database for AI agents

github.com · 6 points · 2 comments

Redis Patterns for Coding Agents

redis.antirez.com · 9 points · 0 comments

Instant GraphRAG over any Postgres database

polygres.com · 5 points · 4 comments

SQLite-utils 4.0, now with database schema migrations

simonwillison.net · 19 points · 0 comments

How do I setup SSO and SLO on my two WP websites with separate databases

2 points · 0 comments

PL/Ruby: Ruby as a procedural language for PostgreSQL (functions, triggers, SPI)

github.com · 6 points · 0 comments

PostgreSQL performance and cost across 23 EC2 instance types

postgres.saneengineer.com · 88 points · 16 comments

Query Companion (QCP) for your database

v0-qcp.vercel.app · 3 points · 0 comments

Vacuum at the Page Level

boringsql.com · 12 points · 2 comments

Understanding B-Tree Indexes in PostgreSQL: A Comprehensive Guide– Part 1

medium.com · 52 points · 2 comments

PostgreSQL and the OOM killer: Why we use strict memory overcommit

ubicloud.com · 194 points · 134 comments

Postgres transactions are a distributed systems superpower

dbos.dev · 231 points · 94 comments