by Mariappan Ponnusamy | Feb 24, 2026 | General, PostgreSQL
In our previous blog, we explored Async I/O in PostgreSQL 18 and how it improves scan performance by making disk access more efficient. That feature focused on reducing I/O wait time and accelerating large table scans. In this post, we’ll examine another powerful...
by Mariappan Ponnusamy | Jan 27, 2026 | General, PostgreSQL
Introduction The database world is always trying to get faster. For a long time, one of PostgreSQL’s main performance limits especially on busy systems and modern NVMe or cloud storage has been the time spent waiting for disk reads. PostgreSQL already uses the...
by Mariappan Ponnusamy | Jan 6, 2026 | General
PostgreSQL 18 is officially released and this version brings some major improvements for performance and core database behavior.If you are running PostgreSQL in production, especially on cloud storage, this release is worth paying attention to. In PostgreSQL 18, many...
by Mariappan Ponnusamy | Dec 16, 2025 | General
In my last post, I wrote about how to use ML_TRAIN in MySQL AI to build machine learning models directly inside the database, without sending data out to Python or other tools. This time, the focus is on the next step, how to use those trained models to detect fraud,...
by Mariappan Ponnusamy | Nov 11, 2025 | General, PostgreSQL
Introduction PostgreSQL has evolved into one of the most powerful open-source relational databases, widely used in enterprise-scale systems. However, the default configuration prioritizes safety and portability over performance. As data volumes grow into hundreds of...
