
Obviously I would have liked to post this closer to the event, but life got in the way. The talk was in May and the recording has been up for a while. Here it is. PGConf.dev 2026 took place from May 19th to 22nd, 2026, at Simon Fraser…


Oracle has released version 27 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the second non-LTS release since JDK 25, the final feature set includes nine JEPs, five of which are still progressing through the preview and…
Over the past few years, I have been working on assessing the strengths and weaknesses of PostgreSQL migration tools. Several articles published by yours truly led to the ambitious project I have been pursuing since 2024 with my colleagues…
`max_locks_per_transaction` isn't about transactions or limits—it sizes the cluster-wide lock table, and its misleading name has confused PostgreSQL users for…