Databases stories

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

github.com · 25 points · 728 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 · 2 comments

Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

github.com · 19 points · 22 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 · 20 points · 0 comments

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

2 points · 1 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 · 20 comments

Query Companion (QCP) for your database

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

Vacuum at the Page Level

boringsql.com · 12 points · 5 comments

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

medium.com · 66 points · 3 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 · 96 comments

Pglayers – PostgreSQL extensions as stackable Docker layers

github.com · 40 points · 11 comments

How to corrupt an SQLite database file

sqlite.org · 160 points · 40 comments

SQLite improving performance with pre-sort

andersmurphy.com · 65 points · 5 comments

PostgreSQL is enough (2024)

gist.github.com · 123 points · 91 comments

Optimizing [sqlx:test] rebuild time

kobzol.github.io · 14 points · 1 comments

Free SQL→ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploaded

sqltoerdiagram.com · 366 points · 74 comments

My Private GitHub on Postgres

github.com · 42 points · 24 comments

The Database of Faces

cl.cam.ac.uk · 9 points · 0 comments

California Approves Redistricting Plan

nytimes.com · 19 points · 11 comments

Pg_lake: Postgres with Iceberg and data lake access

github.com · 371 points · 118 comments

Absurd Workflows: Durable Execution with Just Postgres

lucumr.pocoo.org · 169 points · 36 comments

Moving tables across PostgreSQL instances

ananthakumaran.in · 85 points · 5 comments

UnisonDB – Log-native KV database that replicates like a message bus

unisondb.io · 17 points · 0 comments

SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it

jellyfin.org · 382 points · 176 comments