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Real-world knowledge from 100+ production databases. No fluff, no theory — just what actually works.
PostgreSQL HA with Patroni + HAProxy + PgBouncer: complete setup guide
Step-by-step guide to building a production-grade PostgreSQL HA cluster with automated failover, connection pooling, and load balancing.
Managing 100+ production PostgreSQL instances: patterns that scale
Operational patterns, automation strategies, and lessons learned from managing over 100 PostgreSQL instances across multiple environments.
Oracle to PostgreSQL: lessons from a 250GB banking database
What we learned migrating a 250GB Oracle database to PostgreSQL — schema compatibility, data type mapping, and post-migration tuning.
Building a complete PostgreSQL observability stack with Grafana + Prometheus
How to set up end-to-end database monitoring — from metrics collection to alerting — using open source tools that actually work in production.
PostgreSQL slow query analysis: from EXPLAIN to fix in production
A practical walkthrough of identifying and fixing slow queries using EXPLAIN ANALYZE — with real examples from a high-traffic finance system.
Automating PostgreSQL deployments with Ansible: a production playbook
Stop deploying databases manually. This playbook covers installation, configuration, replication setup, and hardening — all automated.