Category: Features and extensions

Deep dives into new PostgreSQL release features and how to use them in real apps.

Practical guides to popular extensions (PostGIS, pg_partman, pg_stat_statements, vector/TSDB extensions, etc.).

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What Is pgvector and When You Should Use It Instead of a Dedicated Vector DB

pgvector is a PostgreSQL extension that adds a native vector data type and similarity search so you can turn Postgres into a capable “vector DB” without adding new infrastructure. For many workloads—especially RAG over modest corpora, recommendations tied tightly to transactional data, and anomaly detection in existing Postgres-backed systems—pgvector is often simpler and cheaper than […]

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PostgreSQL Vector Search: From Possible to Competitive with pgvector and pgvectorscale

PostgreSQL has quietly crossed an important line in the last year: AI with Postgres is no longer a science project, it is genuinely competitive with specialized vector databases at production scale. From “possible” to “competitive” For a long time, the story around AI and Postgres sounded like “you can do it if you really want […]

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