https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-19-beta-1-released-3313/
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1 Released — One of the more exciting major releases of Postgres is a step closer with graph queries, faster inserts, pg_plan_advice, parallel-worker autovacuuming, online toggling of data checksums, and more, all ready to try now. Final release will be around late September/early October.
2 months ago
https://posetteconf.com/2026/
Come for Great PostgreSQL Talks, and Yes, There’s Swag — POSETTE: An Event for Postgres is around the corner (16-18 Jun). Pick & attend your must-sees. Join the Hallway Track on Discord for limited, exclusive event swag for attendees to the live event from anywhere in your slippers. Last call: Register now.
2 months ago
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/05/29/ladybug-duckdb-and-postgresql.html
⚾ Comparing the Graph Capabilities of Postgres, DuckDB, and LadybugDB — A baseball-oriented comparison of how three databases fare (both in terms of developer experience and raw performance) with making graph-style queries across millions of rows of player, venue, and game data.
2 months ago
https://www.pgedge.com/blog/explain-prettier-or-post-processing-query-plans-in-postgres
EXPLAIN Prettier (or Post-Processing Query Plans) — EXPLAIN output can be tricky to read at the best of times and it can also change subtly between machines and versions. Andrei shows off explain_prettier, which makes EXPLAIN output cleaner and simpler by stripping away unnecessary info.
2 months ago
https://earendil-works.github.io/absurd/
Absurd: A Postgres-Native Durable Workflow System — Described as “the simplest durable execution workflow system you can think of”, Absurd is an SQL file that implements a multi-step task/queue/worker system on regular Postgres. There are SDKs to make it easy to use from TypeScript, Python, and Go.
2 months ago
https://supabase.com/blog/multigres-v0-1-alpha
Multigres v0.1 Alpha: An 'Operating System' for Postgres — A year ago, Supabase announced it was hiring the co-creator of Vitess to work on a Vitess-like horizontally-scaling database clustering system but for Postgres. This alpha is an early public look at what they’re building.
2 months ago