Hybrid Search with Postgres in 2026 — pgvector + FTS + Reranker
Production hybrid search with Postgres alone: pgvector for semantic, tsvector for lexical, RRF fusion for combining, optional reranker. Performance, tuning, and patterns.
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Postgres for Time-Series in 2026 — Vanilla vs TimescaleDB vs ClickHouse
Time-series patterns: vanilla Postgres + time partitioning, TimescaleDB hypertables and continuous aggregates, ClickHouse for OLAP scale, and the decision matrix.
Postgres Row-Level Security in 2026 — Multi-Tenant Without Footguns
How to use Postgres RLS for multi-tenant safety. Policies, session variables, performance considerations, and the patterns that make RLS a cheap defense-in-depth layer.
Postgres VACUUM and Bloat in 2026 — The Operator's Manual
Why VACUUM matters, how MVCC creates bloat, autovacuum tuning, bloat detection, pg_repack, and the playbook for keeping Postgres healthy at scale.
Postgres Performance Tuning Cheat Sheet 2026
Practical Postgres tuning cheat sheet. Config knobs that matter, indexing patterns, reading EXPLAIN ANALYZE BUFFERS, vacuum and bloat, connection pooling, and slow-query diagnostics.
Postgres Partitioning in 2026 — Range, List, and the Patterns That Scale
When and how to partition Postgres tables. Range / list / hash, partition pruning, attach/detach, default partitions, and the gotchas at scale.
Postgres Replication and HA in 2026 — Streaming, Logical, and Auto-Failover
Production HA for Postgres in 2026. Streaming vs logical replication, Patroni vs pg_auto_failover vs Stolon, RPO/RTO tradeoffs, and the patterns that keep a primary alive.
Postgres CDC and Logical Replication in 2026 — Debezium, pgoutput, and the Outbox Alternatives
How CDC actually works in 2026. Postgres logical replication slots, pgoutput, Debezium, the outbox pattern, and how to fan out changes to Kafka, NATS, ClickHouse, OpenSearch, or your AI pipeline.
Distributed SQL in 2026 — CockroachDB, Spanner, Yugabyte, and When You Actually Need One
A practical 2026 guide to distributed SQL. The architecture behind CockroachDB / Spanner / Yugabyte / TiDB, when distributed SQL earns its cost, when Postgres + read replicas is enough, and the migration realities.
PostgreSQL MVCC, Isolation, and Locking — A Backend Developer's Guide
How Postgres MVCC actually works, the four isolation levels (and what each gives you), row vs advisory locks, deadlocks, and the transaction patterns every backend developer needs to handle concurrency correctly.