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PostgreSQL table bloat: detect it before it kills performance. Measure heap and index density, set autovacuum thresholds, and alert on dead tuple ratios and vacuum lag.
When dividing by zero, Postgres fails and declares you ran an illegal operation. Cast 'abc' to an integer, and get an error. Divide by NULL and the query still runs. NULL isn't even a value. It is a marker for “unknown.” When using NULL,…
Note: I am presenting a tutorial for those who want to learn SQL at this year's Texas Linuxfest (https://pretalx.com/txlf2026/talk/DQ3XW7/) on November 6th. This is a great opportunity at a fantastic community event and I encourage you to…
Mongorewind: Rewind Your MongoDB Test Data Without Restoring a Backup One day, my friend Martín told me about a problem he and his team were dealing with. Every time they needed to run a pre-production test, they had to restore a copy of…