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Andrew Atkinson

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August 4, 2023

PGSQL Phriday #011 — Sharding and Partitioning

This month’s PGSQL Phriday #011 prompts bloggers to write about Sharding and Partitioning in PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL Rails Open Source

July 31, 2023

Slow & Steady — Database Constraints with Andrew Atkinson 🎙️

Benedikt Deicke (co-founder of UserList) recently hosted me on the Slow & Steady podcast (co-hosted by Benedicte Raae). Our main topic was Database Constraints, why they’re useful and how to use them.

PostgreSQL Rails Ruby Podcasts

July 28, 2023

PostgreSQL Table Partitioning Primary Keys — The Reckoning — Part 2 of 2

In Part 2 of this 2 part PostgreSQL 🐘 Table Partitioning series, we’ll focus on how we modified the Primary Key online for a large partitioned table. This is a disruptive operation so we had to use some tricks to...

PostgreSQL Open Source

July 28, 2023

Code With Jason 190 — PostgreSQL and Sin City Ruby 🎙️

I joined Jason Swett recently on his podcast and had a great time. The podcast topic was PostgreSQL Table Partitioning and how developers can use it. We also discussed the 2024 edition of Sin City Ruby, a conference Jason organizes...

PostgreSQL Rails Podcasts

July 27, 2023

PostgreSQL Table Partitioning — Growing the Practice — Part 1 of 2

Hello! We recently faced challenges in working with a large table, performing operations, and query performance had worsened a lot.

PostgreSQL Open Source

June 2, 2023

PGSQL Phriday #009 — Database Change Management

This month’s PGSQL Phriday topic prompts writers to discuss how their team manages PostgreSQL database schema changes.

PostgreSQL Rails Open Source

May 26, 2023

Better Markdown Writing With Vale

Vale is a command-line writing assistant I’ve been using to improve my writing quality. Vale runs as a command line program and accepts a path to a text file. I use it with Markdown formatted text files to check for...

Productivity Tips Open Source

May 24, 2023

PGDay Chicago 2023 Conference

I had the chance to present on Table Partitioning this year at PGDay Chicago 2023, and had a great time. I wanted to recap my experience.

PostgreSQL Open Source Conferences Events

May 17, 2023

PGSQL Phriday #008 — pg_stat_statements, PgHero, Query ID

I’m late to the party, but wanted to sneak in a PGSQL Phriday entry for this community blog post series.

PostgreSQL Rails Open Source

January 19, 2023

Ruby For All Podcast: My Guest Experience 🎙️

I joined Julie and Andrew as a guest on the Ruby For All Podcast!💎

PostgreSQL Rails Podcasts

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