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Open Source Experience 2025
The 2025 edition of the Open Source Experience (OSXP) was held in December under the theme 'Open Source, key to Europe's strategic autonomy'. Two of our team members were in attendance; read on to see our thoughts on the event!
Did you know? Tables in PostgreSQL are limited to 1,600 columns
It's a hard-coded limit in Postgres for tables to not exceed 1,600 columns. Let's test all the ways you can reach that limit, and explore how to address the situation when you reach this limit unexpectedly.
Cumulative Statistics in PostgreSQL 18
In PostgreSQL 18, the statistics & monitoring subsystem receives a significant overhaul - extended cumulative statistics, new per-backend I/O visibility, the ability for extensions to export / import / adjust statistics, and much more. Let's explore these changes.
Most Desired Database Three Years Running: PostgreSQL's Developer Appeal
PostgreSQL is having more than just a moment—it's establishing a clear pattern of sustained excellence. For the third consecutive year, it's claimed the top spot in the 2025 Stack Overflow's Annual Developer Survey.
Return of HOW2025
The Highgo Open World conference, dedicated to the PostgreSQL ecosystem and the IvorySQL project, was held on June 27 and 28. Read on for a recap of the experience and an introduction of our partnership with Highgo.
A visit to PGConf.DE 2025 and discussion of PostgreSQL within the context of life sciences
It's always a pleasure to attend Postgres events, and PGConfDE 2025 in Berlin was no different. Here's a recap of the event along with a breakdown of "Postgres and Life Science - From Cells to Stars" presented at the conference.
SCaLE 22x: Bringing the Open Source Community to Pasadena
A brief recap of North America's largest open source and free software focused conference, held annually in the greater Los Angeles area, with notes on the PostgreSQL @ SCaLE program.
Postgres Café: Contributing to Open Source
What does it look like to contribute to open source as an individual? As a company? What impact do contributions have to the project & community, along with the contributors themselves? We delve into the topic in our Postgres Café blog & video series.
Postgres Café: Deploying distributed PostgreSQL at scale with Citus Data
At Data Bene, we are proud supporters of and contributors to Citus Data, a robust open-source extension from Microsoft that helps you accelerate deploying distributed PostgreSQL clusters. Learn more in our new Postgres Café blog and video series.
Postgres Café: Expand monitoring capabilities with StatsMgr
Introducing StatsMgr, a PostgreSQL extension designed for efficient and organized management of statistics. Learn more in our new Postgres Café blog and video series.
Strange data type transformations
An in depth look at strange data type transformations, when your function argument types might be changed differently than you expect.