tuning

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Researching the Performance Puzzle

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ July 31, 2022 ⋅ 1 Comment

The PostgreSQL Performance Puzzle was, perhaps, too easy – it didn’t take long for someone to guess the correct answer! But I didn’t see much discussion about why the difference or what was happening. My emphasis on the magnitude of the difference was a tip-off that there’s much more than meets the eye with this … Continue reading →

A Hairy PostgreSQL Incident

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ February 10, 2022 ⋅ 24 Comments

It was 5:17pm today, just as I was wrapping up work for the day, and my manager pinged me with the following chat: <manager>: Hi Jeremy – we have a <other team> ticket – escalated to <leader>, <leader>, etc. <principal> is on trying to advise as well. Are you available this evening if needed for … Continue reading →