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21 Aug 2026 edition
PostgreSQL

Shaun Thomas: The Time Traveler's Primary Key

Every table needs a way to tell its rows apart, and auto-incrementing surrogate keys have been the go-to solution since practically the dawn of time. They're simple. They're fast. And perhaps most importantly, they're…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL

Alexey Evlampiev: The Request Becomes a Transaction

The Request Becomes a Transaction# A transactional API has two halves: a network edge and a transactional operation. Keep the first at that edge; give the second to PostgreSQL, where its authority already lives — and…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL