PGNexus Daily News PostgreSQL Technical Articles [image: Moving to pg_hardstorage without changing your recovery strategy] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cybertec-postgresql.com%...> Hans-Jürgen Schönig Moving to pg_hardstorage without changing your recovery strategy <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cybertec-postgresql.com%...> pg_hardstorage, an open-source PostgreSQL backup tool by CYBERTEC, supports gradual migration from existing backup solutions including pgBackRest, Barman, and WAL-G. The migration… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cybertec-postgresql.com%...> PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights log_min_messages per backend type <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=log_min_messages%20per%20backe...> Alvaro Herrera proposed two small cleanup patches for the `log_min_messages` per-backend-type code. Patch 0001 refactors duplicate logic into a subroutine; patch 0002 simplifies m… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=log_min_messages%20per%20backe...> Unexpected behavior after OOM errors <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Unexpected%20behavior%20after%...> The thread discusses unexpected PostgreSQL behavior triggered by OOM (out-of-memory) injection errors. Michael Paquier applied a fix for `pgstat_get_entry_ref_cached()` (commit 16… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Unexpected%20behavior%20after%...> hashjoins vs. Bloom filters (yet again) <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=hashjoins%20vs.%20Bloom%20filt...> Tomas Vondra posted v6 of a patch series for hashjoin Bloom filter pushdown. Key changes include merging earlier patches, fixing gaps in filter consideration for partial paths and… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=hashjoins%20vs.%20Bloom%20filt...> Checkpointer write combining <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Checkpointer%20write%20combini...> Melanie Plageman's v15 patch for checkpointer write combining combines up to io_combine_limit-sized write IOs by scanning for adjacent dirty buffers in shared memory. Benchmarks s… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Checkpointer%20write%20combini...> ci: namespace ccache by PostgreSQL major version <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=ci%3A%20namespace%20ccache%20b...> Jelte Fennema-Nio revised a patch to namespace ccache by PostgreSQL major version in the CI system. The update was initially drafted with Claude's assistance, then manually refine… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=ci%3A%20namespace%20ccache%20b...> Bypassing cursors in postgres_fdw to enable parallel plans <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Bypassing%20cursors%20in%20pos...> Robert Haas reviewed Rafia Sabih's rebased patches for bypassing cursors in postgres_fdw to enable parallel plans. 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The deal marks a significant be… [image: Hugging Face Confirms Security Breach Affecting Internal Datasets and Credentials] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F07%2F...> techcrunch.com Hugging Face Confirms Security Breach Affecting Internal Datasets and Credentials <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F07%2F...> AI platform Hugging Face has confirmed a security breach that affected internal datasets and credentials stored on its platform. In response, the company is urging all users to im… techcrunch.com Inference Startup Infinity Raises $15M at $100M Valuation Backed by OpenAI and Anthropic Researchers <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F07%2F...> AI infrastructure startup Infinity has announced a $15 million funding round at a $100 million valuation. The round was led by investors including Touring Capital and Principal VC… Social Media Updates [image: We've posted a video of Ruohang Feng of PGSTY's talk Extensions for Everyone] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin We've posted a video of Ruohang Feng of PGSTY's talk Extensions for Everyone <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> A video recording of Ruohang Feng from PGSTY presenting a talk titled 'Extensions for Everyone' has been posted online. The talk was delivered at PGConf Dev, a PostgreSQL conferen… [image: We've posted a video of David Wheeler of ClickHouse's talk Building a Foreign Data Wrapper] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin We've posted a video of David Wheeler of ClickHouse's talk Building a Foreign Data Wrapper <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> A video of David Wheeler from ClickHouse presenting a talk titled 'Building a Foreign Data Wrapper' has been posted online. The talk was delivered at PGConf.dev, a PostgreSQL conf… [image: pg_hardstorage connects to PostgreSQL the same way a streaming replica does.] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin pg_hardstorage connects to PostgreSQL the same way a streaming replica does. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> pg_hardstorage connects to PostgreSQL using the same protocol as a streaming replica. This architectural decision allows it to work seamlessly with managed PostgreSQL services suc… Want to stay up to date with the PostgreSQL community and industry news? Visit PGNexus <https://pgnexus.ai> to learn more