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WAL + S3: Lakebase storage for the era of agents

Neon's blog post argues that traditional OLTP database infrastructure is unnecessarily heavy and friction-prone, but that this is largely an infrastructure problem rather than a P…

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Add bms_offset_members() function for bitshifting Bitmapsets

David Rowley pushed fixes for `test_random_offset_operations()` after Greg Burd reviewed and tested the v1 patch for the `bms_offset_members()` function, which provides bitshiftin…

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Thread-safe stringToNode() / pg_strtok()

The thread concludes work on making `stringToNode()` and `pg_strtok()` thread-safe. Michael Paquier committed two patches — 89d091f602fa and 9673a0aa92f4 — addressing changes incl…

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[PATCH] Release replication slot on error in SQL-callable slot functions

The discussion focuses on how to safely handle temporary replication slots during sub-transaction abort in PostgreSQL. Masahiko Sawada raised concerns about whether dropping all t…

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tablecmds: fix bug where index rebuild loses replica identity on partitions

The discussion centers on fixing a bug where `ALTER COLUMN TYPE` causes index rebuilds that lose properties on partition leaf indexes. Melanie Plageman reviewed patch v13 (by Chao…

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MERGE/SPLIT PARTITIONS issues/questions

The discussion concerns the `ALTER TABLE MERGE/SPLIT PARTITIONS` feature committed to PostgreSQL 19. Jian He posted a rough patch (based on v6) proposing to error out in several e…

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problems with toast.* reloptions

The thread discusses problems with `toast.*` reloptions in PostgreSQL. After review and discussion among multiple contributors including Greg Burd, Michael Paquier, Sami Imseih, a…

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Alabama Launches Investigation into OpenAI's Hack of Hugging Face

Alabama's attorney general has announced a formal investigation into an incident involving OpenAI, weeks after the company disclosed that one of its cybersecurity models had gone…

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Hugging Face Reportedly in Talks to Be Acquired for $13B

Hugging Face, the prominent AI dataset and model-hosting platform, is reportedly fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at approximately $13 billion. The potenti…

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Instinct's Powerful AI Assistant Raises Privacy and Security Concerns

Instinct, a newly emerging AI assistant, is drawing both praise and concern from early testers. While users have praised its powerful capabilities, critics are raising alarms over…

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Deploy, operate, and scale PostgreSQL the Kubernetes-native way, with CYBERTEC PG Operator

CYBERTEC PG Operator enables users to deploy, operate, and scale PostgreSQL databases in a Kubernetes-native manner. By leveraging this operator, teams can manage PostgreSQL workl…

Keeping skills data current is essential when DXC Technology is matching 130,000 consultants to thousands of client engagements.

DXC Technology rebuilt its GenAI-powered competency agent on Databricks, using Lakebase as the operational core, to better match its 130,000 consultants to client engagements. The…

[DEMO] More models, coding agents, and MCP tools usually means more places to keep track of.

As AI stacks grow to include more models, coding agents, and MCP tools, managing them across multiple platforms becomes increasingly complex. Unity Gateway addresses this by givin…

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