31 articles
Build a production-grade task queue entirely in PostgreSQL using SELECT FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED, LISTEN/NOTIFY, exponential backoff retries, and dead-letter handling. Covers PGMQ, Graphile Worker, River, and when a dedicated broker actually earns its keep.
Real 2026 pricing, recall benchmarks, and a decision matrix for picking between Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Milvus, and pgvector. When pgvector is enough, when Qdrant wins on cost, and when Milvus is worth the ops burden.
UUIDv7 is the new default primary key on PostgreSQL 18. Benchmarks at 10M and 100M rows vs UUIDv4 and BIGSERIAL, index bloat numbers, and a zero-downtime migration guide.
Benchmark identical analytical queries on ClickHouse and PostgreSQL at 1M to 1B rows. Learn why columnar storage delivers 10-100x speedups, how to sync data with Debezium CDC, and when PostgreSQL is enough.
Six-month benchmark of Neon, Supabase, Aiven, Crunchy Data, and AWS RDS/Aurora across dev, production, and high-throughput scales. Real 2026 pricing, extension coverage, connection limits, and the decision matrix that maps each winner to a use case.
PostgreSQL 18 ships async I/O (up to 3x faster sequential scans), native UUIDv7, virtual generated columns, OAuth 2.0, and OLD/NEW in RETURNING. Real benchmarks, upgrade traps, and extension compatibility for pgvector, TimescaleDB, and Citus.
SQL injection remains a top vulnerability. Learn how SQLi works, why ORMs are not enough, and how to prevent it with parameterized queries and defense in depth.
Compares backend platforms for SaaS including AWS, Supabase, Firebase, Railway, Render, and bare VPS with real pricing at three scales, multi-tenancy patterns, and build-vs-buy decisions for auth, payments, email, and background jobs.
A practical comparison of PostgreSQL and MongoDB covering performance benchmarks, schema design, scaling, pricing, and real-world use cases to help you choose the right database.
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