PGNexus Daily News PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights Residual cleanups for tied objects in PL/Perl <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Residual%20cleanups%20for%20ti...> Tom Lane submitted a patch fixing two bugs in PL/Perl: a null pointer dereference in hstore_plperl and an infinite loop in plperl when handling Perl tied objects. These were exclu… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Residual%20cleanups%20for%20ti...> Batching in executor <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Batching%20in%20executor> Mats Kindahl responds to Denis Smirnov and Erik's slot-based batching proposal for the PostgreSQL executor. He agrees that TAM interface modifications are unnecessary and that TTS… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Batching%20in%20executor> Make tsqueryout() use a StringInfo <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Make%20tsqueryout()%20use%20a%...> Tom Lane proposed replacing `tsqueryout()`'s hand-rolled extensible string buffer with the standard `StringInfo` abstraction, noting the original code was fragile and harder to re… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Make%20tsqueryout()%20use%20a%...> [GSoC 2026] - B-tree Index Bloat Reduction - Approach & Questions <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BGSoC%202026%5D%20-%20B-tree...> This GSoC 2026 thread discusses a proof-of-concept patch series for B-tree leaf page merging to reduce index bloat. Michail Sirotkin identified a bug where concurrent inserts coul… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BGSoC%202026%5D%20-%20B-tree...> gistkillitems can LP_DEAD-mark the wrong tuples on a rescan <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=gistkillitems%20can%20LP_DEAD-...> The discussion centers on a bug in `gistkillitems` where LP_DEAD marking can target wrong tuples during a rescan. Peter Geoghegan notes the bug is likely introduced by commit `9c9… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=gistkillitems%20can%20LP_DEAD-...> Restructured Shared Buffer Hash Table <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Restructured%20Shared%20Buffer...> The discussion concerns restructuring PostgreSQL's shared buffer hash table for performance. Heikki Linnakangas raised a concern that the buffer header spinlock is held too long d… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Restructured%20Shared%20Buffer...> Click here for the full Hacker discussion highlights <https://pgnexus.ai/daily-updates?file=2026-08-16-postgresql-daily-news-240.m...> Industry News [image: SpaceX Officially Closes Its Cursor Acquisition] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com SpaceX Officially Closes Its Cursor Acquisition <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> AI coding startup Cursor has officially been acquired by SpaceX, closing a deal that marks a significant expansion for the aerospace company into the AI software tools space. Curs… [image: Anthropic Shares More Details About How Claude's New Watermarks Will Work] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com Anthropic Shares More Details About How Claude's New Watermarks Will Work <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> Anthropic has released additional details about the watermarking system it is implementing for Claude-generated content. The announcement addresses key technical questions, includ… Social Media Updates [image: I'll be at #Hyderabad #PGDays #2026 next week.] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin I'll be at #Hyderabad #PGDays #2026 next week. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> The author will speak at Hyderabad PGDays 2026 on Day 2, presenting a session on bringing order and governance to PostgreSQL environments without creating friction for development… [image: 🚀 We're hiring: Mid-Level Full-Stack Engineer (CYPEX) Remote (Europe) | Full-time Ready to level up your career building on top of PostgreSQL?] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin 🚀 We're hiring: Mid-Level Full-Stack Engineer (CYPEX) Remote (Europe) | Full-time Ready to level up your career building on top of PostgreSQL? <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> CYPEX is hiring a mid-level full-stack engineer for a fully remote, full-time position open to candidates based in Europe. The role involves building on top of PostgreSQL alongsid… Want to stay up to date with the PostgreSQL community and industry news? Visit PGNexus <https://pgnexus.ai> to learn more