The numbers here come from my own audit and design records as of 2026-08-15. Everything described as a redesign is a plan I have started building and have not proven yet. Since June I have been building Looper, an experimental system for…
Google launched AlloyDB in 2022. They claimed it is fully compatible with PostgreSQL. Can be up to 100 times faster for analytical queries than vanilla Postgres. Four years later, I haven't personally seen it gain significant traction. But…
PostgreSQL's JIT compiler trades upfront compilation time for faster query execution—but it silently does nothing if the LLVM library isn't installed.
Do you like building Postgres extensions? Of course you do! My "Let's Build a Postgres Extension" presentation garnered rave reviews at Postgres Conference 2026 in San Jose and PG Data 2026 in Chicago. But what if you didn't go? Sure the…