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Giving an external team access to your PostgreSQL database is one of those decisions that deserves a little thought. The easiest option is to hand over a superuser account, but it’s rarely the right one. A better approach is to create a…
Expedia Group has introduced STAR, an internal AI-assisted observability platform that helps engineers investigate production incidents using service telemetry and LLMs. Built with FastAPI, Datadog, Celery, Redis, and Langfuse, STAR…
Jeremy Edberg & Qian Li discuss why external orchestrators decrease reliability and how to use your existing database for durable execution. They share how DBOS Transact uses standard tables, SKIP LOCKED queues, and unique primary keys to…
The Neon CLI now ships `neon inspect db`: read-only, high-signal Postgres diagnostics that answer "what is slow?" without leaving the terminal or writing a single catalog query. Each subcommand runs one known-good query against Postgres'…