Database Tuning Archives

PostgreSQL Autovacuum Optimization: Diagnose I/O Bottlenecks, Prevent Wraparound, and Tune Production

October 18, 2026

Eliminate disk I/O bottlenecks and resolve dead tuple bloat through practical PostgreSQL autovacuum tuning. Learn how to configure cost limits, tune high-churn tables individually, and safeguard production clusters from transaction ID wraparound outages.

Build an AI DBA for PostgreSQL: Automate Slow Query Analysis with DeepSeek-R1

September 10, 2026

Tired of manual EXPLAIN ANALYZE sessions? Build an automated AI DBA assistant using DeepSeek-R1 to find bottlenecks and generate index suggestions in seconds.

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Neo4j in Production: A 6-Month No-Nonsense Review

April 13, 2026

I moved my social commerce data from PostgreSQL to Neo4j. Here is the 6-month review of how we optimized Cypher, managed Docker clusters, and cut query latency by 96%.