#databases

Just how far can the FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED Postgres queue go? https://lobste.rs/s/y8i714 #databases #distributed https://garbagecollected.io/posts/postgres-task-queue-where-it-breaks/

How Flink's Kafka connector commits offsets to Kafka https://lobste.rs/s/wfw32o #databases #distributed https://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=6161

Burnt TOAST via @fanf@mendeddrum.org https://lobste.rs/s/dmpdid #databases https://www.pgedge.com/blog/burnt-toast

Arrows to Arrows, Categories to Queries https://lobste.rs/s/gqis6q #databases #haskell #plt https://reasonablypolymorphic.com/blog/arrows-to-arrows/

Postgres 19 REPACK: Built-In Online Table Bloat Cleanup via @hongminhee@hollo.social https://lobste.rs/s/uutnr5 #databases https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/engineering/postgres-19-repack-table-bloat/

Does your application need local data or faster Postgres? https://clickhouse.com/blog/does-your-application-need-local-data-or-faster-postgres #Databases #Analytics #Engineering

Designing a planned switchover for minimum disruption https://lobste.rs/s/cwxne0 #databases #distributed https://planetscale.com/blog/designing-a-planned-switchover-for-minimum-disruption

Why we're moving our warehouse off DuckDB https://lobste.rs/s/wpahfd #databases https://posthog.com/blog/moving-off-duckdb

An Introduction to Bε-trees and Write-Optimization https://lobste.rs/s/0ec9yk #databases https://www.usenix.org/publications/login/oct15/bender

Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault https://lobste.rs/s/0yxkvs #databases #practices http://rhaas.blogspot.com/2026/10/postgres-19-is-late-and-its-ais-fault.html

Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4 https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j #databases #testing https://jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4

VictoriaLogs vs Loki, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, SigNoz and ClickStack on structured log ingestion https://lobste.rs/s/76otqu #databases #devops #performance https://victoriametrics.com/blog/structured-log-ingestion-benchmark/

The Benchmarking Crisis https://lobste.rs/s/smtpje #ai #databases #performance http://databasearchitects.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-benchmarking-crisis.html

Twelve years of distributed SQLite https://lobste.rs/s/rqefcw #databases https://philipotoole.com/twelve-years-of-distributed-sqlite/

simple_parallel 0.3: Revisiting k-NN https://huonw.github.io/blog/2015/10/simple_parallel-revisiting-knn/ #SoftwareEngineering #AI #Databases

The Hibernate Origin Story (Outsider Edition) https://lobste.rs/s/ydmw6s #databases #historical #java https://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2026/10/23/hibernate-origin-story

Announcing DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal” https://lobste.rs/s/dcvs3u #databases https://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200.html

The PingCAP TiDB Cloud Leaks via @yashgarg@androiddev.social https://lobste.rs/s/lm7d2z #databases https://fulcrumsec.vg/pingcap/

Unauthorized Access to PingCAP Cloud Resources https://lobste.rs/s/x7codz #databases #security https://www.pingcap.com/trust-hub/security/security-update-october-2026/

Jepsen: Orkes Conductor 5.3.2 https://lobste.rs/s/42zgmq #databases #distributed #testing https://jepsen.io/analyses/orkes-conductor-5.3.2