Shopify Killed Redis for MySQL — and Scaled Bigger
Shopify swapped Redis for MySQL at $5.1M/min peak. MySQL SKIP LOCKED handled what Redis couldn't. The real surprise: the ceiling wasn't the query.
pgrust Hits 300x Faster Postgres Analytics — Here’s How
pgrust just published how it beats Postgres 300x on analytics via batching, operator fusion, and ...
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2: Native Graph Queries and REPACK
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2 is feature-frozen and ships in Sept/Oct 2026. Here's what SQL/PGQ graph ...
Andy Pavlo Joins ClickHouse Labs: Database Research Shifts
Andy Pavlo left CMU tenure to found ClickHouse Labs as VP of Database Research. Here ...
PostgreSQL 18.4: 11 Security CVEs Fixed — Patch It Without Downtime
PostgreSQL 18.4 patches 11 CVEs — including a CVSS 8.8 RCE in the refint module ...
Turso Is Building Postgres in Rust — What That Means for Your Database Stack
Turso announced it’s building a Postgres-compatible database on its Rust SQLite VM. Here’s the technical mechanism, what’s real, and what’s still experimental.
dbt Core v2.0 Alpha: Fix These 3 Things Before GA Ships
dbt Core v2.0 hit alpha on June 1 and the data engineering community is mostly ...
SQRL: Feyn’s Text-to-SQL Model Inspects Before It Writes
Feyn Labs released SQRL, open-weight text-to-SQL models that inspect the database before writing queries. SQRL-35B-A3B ...
Redis 8.2 GA: 49% More Throughput and the Memory Cut Nobody Noticed
Redis 8.2 is GA with 49% more throughput, 70+ optimized commands, and a 67% JSON ...
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2: Graph Queries and Zero-Downtime REPACK
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 2 adds native SQL/PGQ graph queries, built-in REPACK CONCURRENTLY for zero-downtime maintenance, ...