My Three Top PostgeSQL 19 Features

PostgeSQL 19 beta 1 has been released on 2026-06-04.The release is planned fo...
Published on June 09, 2026 | 2 min read, 372 words

PostgreSQL Ecosystem Problems

PgBackRest Is DeadYesterday the maintainer of PgBackRest, David Steele, published the...
Published on April 29, 2026 | 2 min read, 470 words

sparql_fdw Foreign Data Wrapper Tested Against PostgreSQL 18

sparql_fdw Forreign Data WrapperThe sparql_fdw is a foreign ...
Published on October 12, 2025 | 0 min read, 86 words

Postgresql Performance

Table of Contents Indexes Users and Connections <a ...
Published on October 01, 2025 | 8 min read, 1490 words

pgsql_tweaks Logo

The new pgsql_tweaks Project LogoThe IdeaThe idea of the logo is based on a citation of <a href="...
Published on September 20, 2025 | 0 min read, 92 words

pgsql_tweaks 1.0.0 Released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on September 16, 2025 | 1 min read, 326 words

ProOpenSource is now an Official Codeberg Member

ProOpenSource is now an Official Codeberg MemberLast month I wrote in Leaving ...
Published on September 08, 2025 | 0 min read, 103 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.11.5 Released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on August 19, 2025 | 0 min read, 81 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.11.4 Released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on August 18, 2025 | 1 min read, 187 words

GitHub is History

GitHub is HistoryAt least to me. Today was the day to remove all left repositories from GitHub. Afterwards I deleted my account.You...
Published on August 15, 2025 | 2 min read, 435 words

PostgreSQL Extensions

Table of Contents PostgreSQL Extensions Available In Cl...
Published on August 12, 2025 | 10 min read, 1921 words

Leaving GitHub

Leaving GitHubI have been thinking about leaving GitHub for a long time. That started when Microsoft bought Gi...
Published on August 06, 2025 | 1 min read, 342 words

Switching the PostgreSQL conference calendars to Nextcloud

Switching the PostgreSQL Conference Calendar LocationCurrently Calenda...
Published on July 16, 2025 | 1 min read, 330 words

Handling BLOBs In PostgreSQL Part 2

BLOBs In PostgreSQLPrevious Blog PostI have already published a blog post about <a href="postgresql-blo...
Published on June 16, 2025 | 2 min read, 503 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.11.3 Released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on June 10, 2025 | 0 min read, 113 words

Timescale PostgreSQL Survey Data Leaked

Timescale PostgreSQL SurveyOn Thursday I got informed by the Head of Marketing from Timescale, that my personal data has been leak...
Published on April 24, 2025 | 4 min read, 754 words

Mansplaining

MansplainingExplanationWhatever the English version of Wikipedia...
Published on March 04, 2025 | 3 min read, 716 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.11.1 Released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on February 26, 2025 | 0 min read, 49 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.11.0 Released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on February 19, 2025 | 1 min read, 294 words

Recap of FOSDEM and FOSDEM PGDay 2025

<img src="/assets/images/FOSDEM-2025-Grand-Place-small.png" alt="Brussels Grand Place in 2025" title="Brussels Grand Plac...
Published on February 06, 2025 | 2 min read, 451 words

Conference CfP And Submissions

As I have been on several CfP committees (CfPC) for PostgreSQL conferences, I like to share my experiences.SubmissionsWhen you submit mor...
Published on January 15, 2025 | 5 min read, 979 words

PostgreSQL Post Statistics for 2025

A short review of PostgreSQL post rankings in 2024. The counting is limited, as there are no server logs and no cookies used at ProOpenSource websites.The only track...
Published on January 06, 2025 | 1 min read, 300 words

Implementing Time Travel In PostgreSQL

Time Travel PostgreSQLHistoryUntil PostgreSQL 6.2 had time travel implemented in its core. It has been removed ...
Published on December 09, 2024 | 20 min read, 3662 words

PostgreSQL in The Big Apple

For the first time we have a guest writer, Emma Saroyan.Discovering PostgreSQL - My JourneyI recently traveled fr...
Published on October 30, 2024 | 2 min read, 495 words

Recap pgconf.eu 2024

PostgreSQL Europe Conference 2024This years conference took place in Athens, Greece fro...
Published on October 28, 2024 | 6 min read, 1190 words

Handling BLOBs In PostgreSQL

BLOBs In PostgreSQLImplementationPostgreSQL does not have a BLOB data type as specified in the <a href="htt...
Published on October 16, 2024 | 3 min read, 560 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.10.7 Released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on October 14, 2024 | 0 min read, 127 words

sparql_fdw Foreign Data Wrapper Tested Against PostgreSQL 17

sparql_fdw Forreign Data WrapperThe sparql_fdw is a foreign ...
Published on October 10, 2024 | 0 min read, 75 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.10.6 released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on September 28, 2024 | 1 min read, 186 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.10.5 released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on September 27, 2024 | 0 min read, 71 words

The Timescale PostgreSQL Survey 2024

Timescale PostgreSQL SurveyTimescale Inc. is a well known company in the PostgreSQL commu...
Published on September 04, 2024 | 0 min read, 149 words

PostgreSQL Connection Poolers

PostgreSQL Connection PoolersThe reason ot use connection poolers is, that it is relative expensive to open a new connection to ...
Published on July 29, 2024 | 6 min read, 1205 words

sparql_fdw tested against PostgreSQL 15 und 16

sparql_fdwsparql_fdw is a foreign data wrapper to access data available over the internet in the SPA...
Published on July 22, 2024 | 1 min read, 180 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.10.4 released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on June 04, 2024 | 0 min read, 59 words

PostgreSQL Roles And Rights

Most databases have users and groups to handle access rights. PostgreSQL isdifferent as there are only...
Published on October 23, 2023 | 10 min read, 1903 words

My Way to PostgreSQL

I just want to expain how I discovered PostgreSQL and what my history is interms of working with data and databases.How I Started With...
Published on July 10, 2023 | 9 min read, 1662 words

PostgreSQL with PostGIS on Android

Using PostgreSQL On AndroidThere is an app for Android users, which will give you a terminal: Termux<...
Published on February 13, 2023 | 3 min read, 583 words

FOSDEM 2023

FOSDEM 2023Recent weekend the first in person FOSDEM since 2020 took place. There has also been a <a href="...
Published on February 06, 2023 | 1 min read, 326 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.10.1 released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on October 18, 2022 | 0 min read, 68 words

Learning PostgreSQL

There are tons of blogs about PostgreSQL available on the web, including this one. There are some good opportunities, where you can learn PostgreSQL as a developer or DBA, bu...
Published on October 04, 2022 | 2 min read, 525 words

PostgreSQL JSON versus JSONB

HistoryPostgreSQL supports two types of JSON implementations: JSON and JSONB. The first implementation of JSON has been released in PostgreSQL 9.2 in...
Published on September 12, 2022 | 5 min read, 990 words

PostgreSQL Configuration

The amount of configuration parameters have grown a lot since when I started using PostgreSQL. With PostgeSQL 14, the current version at ...
Published on September 05, 2022 | 4 min read, 801 words

PostgreSQL On Kubernetes Experiences

The current hype is to put PostgreSQL databases into Kubernetes. Obviously it is adding another l...
Published on August 29, 2022 | 8 min read, 1565 words

pgsql_tweaks 0.10.0 released

pgsql_tweaks is a bundle of functions and views for PostgreSQL...
Published on August 15, 2022 | 0 min read, 179 words

PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrapper for SPARQL released

sparql_fdw ReleasedThe sparql_fdw is a foreign data wrapper to connec...
Published on August 05, 2022 | 0 min read, 173 words

PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrapper for Apache Cassandra released

cassandra2_fdw ReleasedThe cassandra2_fdw is a foreign data wrapper</...
Published on July 31, 2022 | 1 min read, 200 words

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