Beginner tips
Nikolay and Michael discuss 10 beginner tips Nikolay recently shared — they go into a bit more detail on each, and even disagree a little on one or two!
Here are some links to some things they mentioned:
Here are some links to some things they mentioned:
- Nikolay’s tweet with all 10 tips: https://twitter.com/samokhvalov/status/1679953049899642880
- Tip 1: tuples are physical versions of rows
- Related episodes: https://postgres.fm/episodes/how-to-become-a-dba and https://postgres.fm/episodes/hot-updates
- Tip 2: always use EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS)
- Related episode: https://postgres.fm/episodes/buffers-by-default
- Tip 3: throw away pgAdmin
- Related episode: https://postgres.fm/episodes/psql-vs-guis
- Tip 4: enable as much logging as you can afford
- Related episode: https://postgres.fm/episodes/default-configuration
- Tip 5: install pg_stat_statements
- Related episodes: https://postgres.fm/episodes/pg_stat_statements and https://postgres.fm/episodes/auto_explain, and https://postgres.fm/episodes/macro-query-analysis-intro
- Tip 6: run experiments on realistic data sets (use thin cloning and branching)
- Related episode: https://postgres.fm/episodes/database-branching
- Tip 7: make sure data checksums are enabled
- Related episode: https://postgres.fm/episodes/corruption
- Tip 8: tune autovacuum to run frequently and move faster
- Related episode: https://postgres.fm/episodes/vacuum
- Tip 9: query optimization will eventually be more important than configuration tuning
- Related episodes: https://postgres.fm/episodes/intro-to-query-optimization and https://postgres.fm/episodes/102-query-optimization
- Tip 10: indexes need to be rebuilt, unfortunately, since their health decline over time
- Related episode: https://postgres.fm/episodes/index-maintenance
- Bonus tip: the official documentation, release notes, and source code comments/readmes are your friends!
~~~
What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
~~~
Postgres FM is brought to you by:
- Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
- Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard
With special thanks to:
- Jessie Draws for the amazing artwork
