Andres, Microsoft & Postgres Save Linux? | Scaling Postgres 310

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Andres Freund of Microsoft found a Linux backdoor while benchmarking Postgres, how Postgres is eating the world, plans for the extension ecosystem and row level security.

Content Discussed

• Andres Freund's Mastodon Post
• Openwall xz/liblzma Backdoor
• Postgres is eating the database world
• Why Postgres Extensions should be packaged and distributed as OCI images
• What’s Happening on the PGXN v2 Project
• PGXN v2: Go or Rust?
• Postgres Extension Ecosystem Mini-Summit
• Row Level Security for Tenants in Postgres
• Search
• PG Phriday: A Dirty Postgres RAG
• Syslog logging with journald in PostgreSQL
• Pitfalls of using SELECT *
• Announcing Data Preservation Service
• Taming PostgreSQL WAL File Growth
• Contributing to Postgres 101: A Beginner's Experience
• Exploring versions of the Postgres logical replication protocol
• Waiting for Postgres 17: Improved EXPLAIN for SubPlan nodes
• Peak Performance – pgvector vs. PostgreSQL ARRAY for mass spectrometry databases
• Build HNSW 80% Faster with Parallel Index Build in pgvector
• Procedure To Multiple Client Certificate Feature
• PG Day Chicago – the talks I am most excited about (part I)
• PDXPUG April Meeting: What’s new in PostgreSQL 17
• Distributed PostgreSQL Clustering Solutions
• Implementing semantic image search with Amazon Titan and Supabase Vector
• Adapting JSON Structures for Real-Time Aggregates: A Community Solution
• Self-Hosted or Cloud Database? A Countryside Reflection on Infrastructure Choices
• Refining Vector Search Queries With Time Filters in pgvector: A Tutorial

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