PGNexus Daily News PostgreSQL Technical Articles [image: Too many tables are bad for you] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cybertec-postgresql.com%...> Laurenz Albe Too many tables are bad for you <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cybertec-postgresql.com%...> A PostgreSQL database containing tens of thousands of tables can cause two serious problems: excessive memory usage and slow metadata queries. Each long-lived connection accumulat… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cybertec-postgresql.com%...> [image: Your Database Goes Down. What Does That Cost Your Business?] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fyo...> enterprisedb.com Your Database Goes Down. What Does That Cost Your Business? <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fyo...> EDB's blog post highlights that over 90% of mid-size and large enterprises report hourly downtime costs exceeding $300,000, yet high availability is often treated as a routine inf… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fyo...> [image: The Oracle Renewal Is Coming. This Time, There’s a Way Out.] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2For...> enterprisedb.com The Oracle Renewal Is Coming. This Time, There’s a Way Out. <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2For...> EDB is promoting a migration path away from Oracle for organizations facing contract renewals, rising cloud costs, or stalled migration projects. The post positions PostgreSQL (vi… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2For...> [image: One Dashboard to Rule Them All — and Finally Get Your Fridays Back] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fon...> enterprisedb.com One Dashboard to Rule Them All — and Finally Get Your Fridays Back <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fon...> EDB has introduced a unified control plane for managing PostgreSQL deployments across on-premises, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. The platform, EDB Postgres AI, aims to con… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fon...> [image: Your Database Should Be Working While You Sleep] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fyo...> enterprisedb.com Your Database Should Be Working While You Sleep <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fyo...> EDB Agentic Database is presented as a solution to the reactive, around-the-clock operational burden faced by teams managing PostgreSQL at scale. The piece describes the common sc… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fyo...> [image: Inside the Agentic Database: How EDB Turned Postgres Into a Self-Managing System] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fin...> enterprisedb.com Inside the Agentic Database: How EDB Turned Postgres Into a Self-Managing System <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fin...> EDB has introduced what it calls the "Agentic Database," an autonomous management system embedded directly into PostgreSQL rather than implemented as an external service. The syst… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Fin...> [image: The Architecture IS the Security: Building Sovereign AI Ops on Postgres with EDB Agent Factory] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Far...> enterprisedb.com The Architecture IS the Security: Building Sovereign AI Ops on Postgres with EDB Agent Factory <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Far...> EDB Agent Factory presents an architecture for AI-driven database incident response where all components run within a single PostgreSQL cluster. The stack combines pgvector for re… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenterprisedb.com%2Fblog%2Far...> [image: Community Docker Images: keeping the operator open without a vendor registry lock-in] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fpos...> Slava Sarzhan Community Docker Images: keeping the operator open without a vendor registry lock-in <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fpos...> Percona Operator for PostgreSQL 3.0.0 introduces Community PostgreSQL Images, allowing users to run the operator against container images built from official PostgreSQL packages s… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.percona.com%2Fblog%2Fpos...> [image: Closing a critical gap in PostgreSQL upgrade workflows with sequence synchronization] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> Vigneshwaran C Closing a critical gap in PostgreSQL upgrade workflows with sequence synchronization <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> PostgreSQL 19 introduces improvements to upgrade workflows using pg_upgrade and pg_createsubscriber, enabling near-zero-downtime upgrades by converting physical replicas into logi… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.postgresql.fastware.com%...> [image: How Float Runs an AI Energy Company on a 3-Person Team with Tiger Data] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tigerdata.com%2Fblog%2Fh...> Team Tiger Data How Float Runs an AI Energy Company on a 3-Person Team with Tiger Data <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tigerdata.com%2Fblog%2Fh...> Danish startup Float collects 1Hz smart meter data from hundreds of homes and uses a proprietary ML model to disaggregate total household load into per-appliance consumption. The… Read the Blog <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-blogs?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tigerdata.com%2Fblog%2Fh...> PostgreSQL Hackers Email Discussion Highlights WAL compression setting after PostgreSQL LZ4 default change <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=WAL%20compression%20setting%20...> The discussion proposes aligning `wal_compression = on` with the recent change that made lz4 the default TOAST compression method in PostgreSQL when LZ4 support is available. Curr… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=WAL%20compression%20setting%20...> [GSoC 2026] - B-tree Index Bloat Reduction - Approach & Questions <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BGSoC%202026%5D%20-%20B-tree...> A GSoC 2026 contributor (Salma El-Sayed) proposes a new design for B-tree page merges in nbtree to reduce index bloat. The design repurposes the BTP_MERGED_AWAY flag—rather than u… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=%5BGSoC%202026%5D%20-%20B-tree...> Add pg_stat_kind_info system view <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Add%20pg_stat_kind_info%20syst...> The discussion concerns adding a new `pg_stat_kind_info` system view to expose metadata about PostgreSQL cumulative statistics kinds. A key concern raised is that the implementati… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=Add%20pg_stat_kind_info%20syst...> DDL deparse <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=DDL%20deparse> The discussion focuses on DDL deparse for logical replication, particularly how DDL commands should be formatted for external clients. Vitaly Davydov argues that simpler, decompos… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=DDL%20deparse> bump minimum supported version of psql and pg_{dump,dumpall,upgrade} to v10 <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=bump%20minimum%20supported%20v...> The discussion concerns a patch series to raise the minimum supported old-cluster/server version for psql, pg_dump, pg_dumpall, and pg_upgrade from v9.2 to v10. Fujii Masao review… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=bump%20minimum%20supported%20v...> GetBufferDescriptor() being called for local buffers from MarkBufferDirtyHint() <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=GetBufferDescriptor()%20being%...> Ayush Tiwari is working on a patch to make buffer descriptor accessors (`GetBufferDescriptor()` and `GetLocalBufferDescriptor()`) accept signed indexes and include range assertion… Read Discussion <https://pgnexus.ai/hacker-discussions?subject=GetBufferDescriptor()%20being%...> Click here for the full Hacker discussion highlights <https://pgnexus.ai/daily-updates?file=2026-06-30-postgresql-daily-news-193.m...> Industry News [image: Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper alternative for AI agents] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> techcrunch.com Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper alternative for AI agents <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5, a new model designed to offer stronger agentic capabilities at a lower price point. The release positions Claude Sonnet 5 as a more cost-ef… [image: Nvidia rival Etched reaches $5B valuation with $1B in contracted AI chip sales] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> techcrunch.com Nvidia rival Etched reaches $5B valuation with $1B in contracted AI chip sales <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> AI chip startup Etched, a competitor to Nvidia, has announced it has reached a $5 billion valuation and already secured $1 billion in contracted sales for inference systems powere… [image: Amazon launches $1B Field Deployment Engineering org to embed AI agents at enterprises] <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> techcrunch.com Amazon launches $1B Field Deployment Engineering org to embed AI agents at enterprises <https://pgnexus.ai/tech-news?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F06%2F...> Amazon has launched a new $1 billion Field Deployment Engineering (FDE) organization, following similar moves by OpenAI and Anthropic. Engineers on the new team will embed directl… Social Media Updates [image: We've posted a video of Jonathan Katz and Melanie Plageman delivering the Opening & Commemorative Poster Giveaway] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin We've posted a video of Jonathan Katz and Melanie Plageman delivering the Opening & Commemorative Poster Giveaway <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> A video has been posted of Jonathan Katz and Melanie Plageman presenting the Opening session and Commemorative Poster Giveaway at PGConf Dev. The recording is available via the pr… [image: Almost every Postgres team I talk to runs into the same storage wall.] <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> linkedin Almost every Postgres team I talk to runs into the same storage wall. <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Most Postgres teams face the same problem: databases grow indefinitely, old data cannot be deleted for legal reasons, and storage costs keep rising. pgEdge built ColdFront to addr… linkedin Come take a stroll with CYBERTEC's Raj Verma - A first-person look at the sights, sounds, and energy of the GITEX AI EUROPE floor on day 1 <https://pgnexus.ai/social-media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fposts%2...> Raj Verma from CYBERTEC offers a first-person walkthrough of the GITEX AI EUROPE exhibition floor on its opening day. 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