Benchmarking Postgres 17 Vs. 18
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The article benchmarks PostgreSQL 17 vs. 18, showing performance improvements, and sparks discussion on the methodology and implications of the results.
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bddicken
3 months ago
Hi, author of the blog here. Benchmarking can be tricky, but I did my best to make this fair and useful to other DB engineers. Ask me anything!
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