Databases

Your database decision could come back to haunt you

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Building a Linearizable Log on READ COMMITTED Isolation

A linearizable metadata log for Materialize, built on PostgreSQL READ COMMITTED isolation, with 3x write throughput and a Lean 4 proof.

The reverts will continue until morale improves

Many readers will be aware that an unusually high number of features have been reverted from the PostgreSQL 19 branch after the beta period began. Having some reverts is not unusual, maybe one per cycle could be expected.

JSON Tiles: Fast Analytics on Semi-Structured Data (2021)

Developers often prefer flexibility over upfront schema design, making semi-structured data formats such as JSON increasingly popular. Large amounts of JSON data are therefore stored and analyzed by relational database systems.

How shredding JSON is giving Logfire 1000x query speedups

How dynamic shredding makes the vast majority of queries in Logfire a thousand times faster, with early adopter customers reporting more than 1000x improvement on query performance.

Consistency is not a localized property

No single component can promise consistency. The Kafka spent years and had rewrite significant parts of their tool proving this point. After all that work, they still say the guarantee is yours to hold.

Deepthi Sigireddi from Supabase

Deepthi Sigireddi is a developer with over 25 years of experience. She's worked on Vitess and Multigres. And she now serves as Head of Databases at Supabase.

B-Trees Are Back: Engineering Fast and Pageable Node Layouts

You can outgrow vanilla Postgres without abandoning Postgres

For many data aficionados, Postgres is the way to store and manage relational data. It’s efficient, it’s straightforward, and it The post You can outgrow vanilla Postgres without abandoning Postgres appeared first on The New Stack.

Redis by proxy: Percona targets the last major hurdle to Valkey adoption

When Redis changed its licensing in 2024, replacing its permissive BSD license with proprietary, source-available alternatives, it prompted a major The post Redis by proxy: Percona targets the last major hurdle to Valkey adoption appeared first on The New Stack.

We ported the original Doom to SQL

CedarDB is a database system that delivers unmatched performance for transactions and analytics, from small writes to handling billions of rows. Built on cutting-edge research to power today’s tools and tomorrow’s challenges.

Clever database, but can it run Doom?

Reg hack learns the meaning of 'Be careful what you wish for'

Cloudflare launches Data Platform with bland 'Basin' branding, promise of fewer fees

‘Humans will be a rounding error on the internet’ says Cloudflare exec August 7, 2026

Use Graph RAG when relationships are part of the evidence

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Your AI agent aced the demo. Your data may still derail it.

Ahhh, demo AI agents. Don’t you just love them? Cute and cuddly, solving all your company’s problems without complaints, missteps, The post Your AI agent aced the demo. Your data may still derail it. appeared first on The New Stack.

Join Ordering, Part 1: The Shape of the Search Space

I think I should preface this one with an apology, it’s a bit long. Other than that I hope you enjoy it.

Two Kinds of SQL Query Builders

The SQL language has a paradoxical fate. Although it was deliberately designed to appeal to a human user, nowadays most of SQL code is written—or rather generated—by the computer.

SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available

With SQL Server on Azure Local, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement. The post SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.