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Postgres Checkpoint Followup and Collation Visualization and Codex Luna

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ August 12, 2026 ⋅ Leave a comment

My previous article talked about the checkpoint happiness hint: You probably should not change the checkpoint_timeout setting from its default of 5 minutes. Checkpoint Followup Questions A good follow-up question was raised: can an HA replica can save you from downtime if you want to set a large checkpoint_timeout? It’s true that Postgres allows promoting … Continue reading →

Did Postgres Lose My Data?

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ March 26, 2023 ⋅ 1 Comment

Hello, let me introduce myself. Today, we’ll pretend that I’m a linguistics researcher. I don’t know much about databases, but I do know a lot about the Balti language of northern Pakistan. That’s why I’m excited about my current translation project. The most interesting part of this translation project is that I’m doing some computer-driven … Continue reading →