
Jeremy Edberg & Qian Li discuss why external orchestrators decrease reliability and how to use your existing database for durable execution. They share how DBOS Transact uses standard tables, SKIP LOCKED queues, and unique primary keys to…

The Neon CLI now ships `neon inspect db`: read-only, high-signal Postgres diagnostics that answer "what is slow?" without leaving the terminal or writing a single catalog query. Each subcommand runs one known-good query against Postgres'…
On December 1, 2025, MariaDB announced that MySQL Galera Cluster will reach end of life on September 30, 2026. After that date, the MySQL build of Galera stops receiving maintenance and binary releases, and all new clustering features land…
file_extend_method is an escape hatch wearing the costume of a tuning knob. It exists for one purpose: to let you turn off a PostgreSQL 16 optimization on the filesystems where that optimization turned out to misbehave. When a table grows,…