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Scaling AI-Driven Marketing Processes with PostgreSQL

Christine Fritz

Scaling AI-Driven Marketing Processes with PostgreSQL

This article explores how PostgreSQL can serve as a foundational data layer for AI-driven marketing workflows. The author argues that while AI tools can generate content quickly,…

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Switchover and Switchback of CloudNativePG Replica Clusters in a Distributed Topology (K8s) - Part 2

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Switchover and Switchback of CloudNativePG Replica Clusters in a Distributed Topology (K8s) - Part 2

This runbook provides operational procedures for performing controlled switchover and switchback operations between two EDB Postgres Advanced 18 clusters managed by CloudNativePG…

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The Postgres Developer's Guide to Vector Index Tradeoffs

Hien Phan

The Postgres Developer's Guide to Vector Index Tradeoffs

This comprehensive guide examines vector index selection in PostgreSQL, focusing on four key constraints: memory, recall requirements, write frequency, and filter selectivity. The…

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PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights

Adding REPACK [concurrently]

A patch for fixing WAL accumulation during REPACK CONCURRENTLY has been submitted by Zhijie Hou after attending a pgconf.dev talk that clarified this behavior is unintended. The i…

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Import Statistics in postgres_fdw before resorting to sampling.

A patch for improving statistics import in postgres_fdw has been committed by Etsuro Fujita. The discussion involved choosing between two implementation approaches for handling st…

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Proposal: Conflict log history table for Logical Replication

Peter Smith provided detailed code review comments on v38 patches for the conflict log history table feature. Issues identified include awkward comment wording, missing function d…

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Implement waiting for wal lsn replay: reloaded

The discussion focuses on a fix for the wait-for-wal-lsn replay implementation. Alexander Korotkov proposed removing an unnecessary wait_for_standby_and_slot_catchup() wrapper fun…

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Changing the state of data checksums in a running cluster

Tomas Vondra continues reviewing the data checksums state change patch, identifying several concurrency issues. He found that during standby promotion, when the checksum state tra…

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Industry News

OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year

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OpenRouter more than doubles valuation to $1.3B in a year

OpenRouter has raised a $113 million Series B funding round led by CapitalG, more than doubling its valuation to $1.3 billion within a year. The company provides a platform that a…

Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation

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Amazon fulfillment competitor Stord raises $250M at $3B valuation

Stord has raised $250 million in funding at a $3 billion valuation, positioning itself as a competitor to Amazon's fulfillment services. The company operates a network of physical…

Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing 'risk to public interest'

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Dutch government blocks US company from acquisition, citing 'risk to public interest'

The Dutch government has blocked a US company from acquiring a cloud services provider that hosts the Netherlands' digital ID service, citing risks to public interest. This decisi…

Social Media Updates

We have a new face on the CYBERTEC team!

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We have a new face on the CYBERTEC team!

CYBERTEC has welcomed Hunaid Sohail as a new PostgreSQL Core Developer. He will be working directly on the Postgres core as part of the company's expanding PGCore team. The compan…

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It's time to start building your #DataAISummit schedule!

The DataAI Summit is encouraging attendees to plan their schedules. The event features sessions from teams at major organizations including adidas, Atlassian, Virgin Atlantic, and…

It's official: Databricks is recognized as a Fortune Best Workplace in the Bay Area for 2026, produced in partnership with Great Place To Work !

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It's official: Databricks is recognized as a Fortune Best Workplace in the Bay Area for 2026, produced in partnership with Great Place To Work !

Databricks has been officially recognized as a Fortune Best Workplace in the Bay Area for 2026, an award produced in partnership with Great Place To Work. The company views this r…

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