
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…

On 26 August 2026, the Adelaide PostgreSQL User Group met, organized by Robins Tharakan. Shadab Mohammad and Robins Tharakan delivered a talk. On 26 August, the Sydney PostgreSQL User Group met, organized by Shadab Mohammad. Rajesh…
PostgreSQL's oldest logging parameters measure CPU time, page faults, and context switches per statement—crude but irreplaceable when you need to know why a…
log_lock_waits is the cheapest lock-contention detector PostgreSQL ships, and through version 18 it is off by default. Turn it on. PostgreSQL 19 will do it for you. The mechanism is borrowed rather than built. When a backend has to sleep…