PGNexus Daily News PostgreSQL Technical Articles [image: Improving Lakebase Postgres Compute Cache on Neon, Part 1] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fimproving-...> Sunil Kamath Improving Lakebase Postgres Compute Cache on Neon, Part 1 <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fimproving-...> On large fixed-size Lakebase Postgres computes on Neon, most available machine memory is now allocated to Postgres shared buffers, backed by huge pages. This change keeps hot page… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fimproving-...> [image: Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 3.1.0: Transparent Data Encryption, Logical Replicas, and Persistent Logging] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fper...> Slava Sarzhan Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 3.1.0: Transparent Data Encryption, Logical Replicas, and Persistent Logging <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fper...> Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 3.1.0 introduces three major features. First, transparent data encryption via pg_tde encrypts tables, indexes, and WAL on disk, using HashiCorp Vau… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fper...> [image: Meet pgstef: Why Stefan Fercot Joined Percona, and Why You Should Find Him at Percona Live Amsterdam] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fmee...> Percona Team Meet pgstef: Why Stefan Fercot Joined Percona, and Why You Should Find Him at Percona Live Amsterdam <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fmee...> Stefan Fercot (pgstef), a long-time pgBackRest advocate and PostgreSQL community contributor, has joined Percona as a senior software engineer focused on pgBackRest development. P… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fmee...> PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights Implement waiting for wal lsn replay: reloaded <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Implement%20waiting%20for%20wa...> The thread discusses implementing a "WAIT FOR WAL LSN replay" feature in PostgreSQL. Alexander Korotkov revised patch 0001, making several improvements: clarifying documentation a… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Implement%20waiting%20for%20wa...> [PATCH] Release replication slot on error in SQL-callable slot functions <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BPATCH%5D%20Release%20replic...> The patch discussion addresses releasing replication slots on error in SQL-callable slot functions. A key design question concerns subtransaction (subxact) boundaries: when a slot… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BPATCH%5D%20Release%20replic...> Rename PqMsg_Progress to PqMsg_ParallelWorkerProgress <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Rename%20PqMsg_Progress%20to%2...> Sami Imseih proposes renaming the protocol message constant `PqMsg_Progress` to `PqMsg_ParallelWorkerProgress`. The 'P' message was added for parallel index progress reporting, bu… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Rename%20PqMsg_Progress%20to%2...> Offline data checksum changes can cause incorrect checksum state on standbys <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Offline%20data%20checksum%20ch...> Daniel Gustafsson submitted v14 of a patch addressing documentation issues related to offline data checksum changes and their effect on standby checksum state. Following feedback… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Offline%20data%20checksum%20ch...> Speed up COPY FROM text/CSV parsing using SIMD <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Speed%20up%20COPY%20FROM%20tex...> The thread concerns a patch to speed up COPY FROM text/CSV parsing using SIMD instructions. A regression of 1–2% on TEXT-wide inputs was identified relative to the current master.… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Speed%20up%20COPY%20FROM%20tex...> CREATE SCHEMA ... CREATE DOMAIN support <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=CREATE%20SCHEMA%20...%20CREATE...> The discussion centers on reverting v19 changes related to `CREATE SCHEMA` subcommand support. Commit `a9c350d9e` silently changed the meaning of existing `CREATE SCHEMA` statemen… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=CREATE%20SCHEMA%20...%20CREATE...> Click here for the full Hacker discussion highlights <https://pgnexus.ai/daily-updates?file=2026-09-09-postgresql-daily-news-264.m...> Industry News [image: Harvey hits $5.5B valuation, months after reaching $11B] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F09%2F...> techcrunch.com Harvey hits $5.5B valuation, months after reaching $11B <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F09%2F...> Harvey, a legal AI startup, has reached a $15.5 billion valuation, nearly doubling its worth in just nine months after previously hitting an $11 billion valuation. 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