PGNexus Daily News PostgreSQL Technical Articles [image: Neon for Herdr: A Neon pane in your Herdr workspace] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fneon-for-h...> Dominik Koch Neon for Herdr: A Neon pane in your Herdr workspace <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fneon-for-h...> Dominik Koch has released Neon for Herdr, a plugin that integrates Neon database management directly into the Herdr workspace interface. The plugin adds a dedicated pane displayin… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fneon.com%2Fblog%2Fneon-for-h...> [image: Postgres in Production Special Series: Diagnosing High Cardinality Workloads in pg_stat_statements (Part 6)] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpganalyze.com%2Fblog%2Fpostg...> Ryan Booz Postgres in Production Special Series: Diagnosing High Cardinality Workloads in pg_stat_statements (Part 6) <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpganalyze.com%2Fblog%2Fpostg...> Part 6 of this series focuses on identifying high-cardinality workloads in pg_stat_statements. A high-cardinality workload occurs when unique normalized queries consistently excee… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpganalyze.com%2Fblog%2Fpostg...> [image: PostgreSQL Data Masking: A Technical deep dive into protecting sensitive data] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> Diksha Sharma PostgreSQL Data Masking: A Technical deep dive into protecting sensitive data <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> Data masking in PostgreSQL allows sensitive data to be obscured while remaining accessible to authorized roles. The article covers practical challenges DBAs face, including handli… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> [image: PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, 14.24 and 19 Beta 3 Released!] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> www.postgresql.org PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, 14.24 and 19 Beta 3 Released! <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released updates for all supported versions — 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 — along with PostgreSQL 19 Beta 3. This release addr… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.org%2Fabout%2...> PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights Logical replication row filter loses unchanged toasted columns <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Logical%20replication%20row%20...> A bug was identified where logical replication row filters silently convert unchanged out-of-line (TOASTed) columns to NULL on the subscriber when an UPDATE is transformed into an… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Logical%20replication%20row%20...> Adding pg_dump flag for parallel export to pipes <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Adding%20pg_dump%20flag%20for%...> Nitin Motiani (Google) is working on adding a pg_dump flag to support parallel export to pipes. After a rebase that exposed test failures in the previous patch set, he reorganized… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Adding%20pg_dump%20flag%20for%...> Restructured Shared Buffer Hash Table <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Restructured%20Shared%20Buffer...> Alexandre Felipe is reformatting Dhruv Aron's patch for restructuring the shared buffer hash table, incorporating Andres Freund's feedback to use `instr_time.h` (with rdtsc suppor… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Restructured%20Shared%20Buffer...> Vacuum statistics <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Vacuum%20statistics> The thread discusses v42 of a patch set adding vacuum statistics to PostgreSQL, restructured to flow through the cumulative statistics system. Alexander Korotkov raised concerns a… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Vacuum%20statistics> Allow a condition string in an injection point <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Allow%20a%20condition%20string...> The discussion covers a patch adding condition string matching to PostgreSQL injection points, allowing an injection point to fire only when a provided string matches a configured… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Allow%20a%20condition%20string...> problems with toast.* reloptions <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=problems%20with%20toast.*%20re...> The discussion centers on fixing problems with TOAST table reloptions inheritance in PostgreSQL autovacuum. Nathan Bossart posted v11 to address a compiler warning flagged by cfbo… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=problems%20with%20toast.*%20re...> Click here for the full Hacker discussion highlights <https://pgnexus.ai/daily-updates?file=2026-08-13-postgresql-daily-news-237.m...> Industry News [image: Databricks closes $5B funding round at $190B valuation amid investor surge] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com Databricks closes $5B funding round at $190B valuation amid investor surge <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> Databricks, the AI and data analytics company, has closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation, far exceeding its original $1 billion target. CEO Ali Ghodsi told… [image: OpenAI introduces 'Ultrafast' mode for GPT-5.6 Sol, targeting enterprise users] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com OpenAI introduces 'Ultrafast' mode for GPT-5.6 Sol, targeting enterprise users <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> OpenAI is launching a preview of "Ultrafast," a new mode for its GPT-5.6 Sol model that operates at 14 times the standard speed. The announcement is aimed at enterprise customers… [image: Anthropic research finds multi-agent AI systems exhibit unexpected conflict and coordination] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> techcrunch.com Anthropic research finds multi-agent AI systems exhibit unexpected conflict and coordination <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F08%2F...> Anthropic researchers have published findings showing that AI agents assigned to the same task can clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways. The study raises new question… Social Media Updates [image: Join Rajneesh Verma , COO, CYBERTEC at Hyderabad PGDays 2026 next week, as he unpacks how to bring order to PostgreSQL environments without slowing teams down.] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin Join Rajneesh Verma , COO, CYBERTEC at Hyderabad PGDays 2026 next week, as he unpacks how to bring order to PostgreSQL environments without slowing teams down. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Rajneesh Verma, COO of CYBERTEC, will speak at Hyderabad PGDays 2026 on Day 2, August 21, 2026, from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM in Seminar Hall-1. His session, part of the Postgres Track,… linkedin Google 's latest model, Gemini 3.7 Flash, is now available on Databricks! <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available on Databricks. Compared to version 3.6, it offers notable improvements in document parsing and currently leads all Gemini models on Data… linkedin Introducing Smart Routing in Unity AI Gateway. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Unity AI Gateway has introduced Smart Routing, a feature designed to reduce AI costs by automatically matching each coding task to the most suitable model and harness based on tas… Want to stay up to date with the PostgreSQL community and industry news? Visit PGNexus <https://pgnexus.ai> to learn more