Time-series considerations

Postgres FM

Nikolay and Michael discuss time-series considerations for Postgres — including when it matters, some tips for avoiding issues, performance considerations, and more.
Here are some links to things they mentioned:

• Time series data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_series
• TimescaleDB https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb
• 13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Insert Performance https://www.timescale.com/blog/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-insert-performance
• Why we're leaving the cloud (37 Signals / Basecamp / David Heinemeier Hansson) https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0
• UUID v7 and partitioning (“how to” by Nikolay) https://gitlab.com/postgres-ai/postgresql-consulting/postgres-howtos/-/blob/main/0065_uuid_v7_and_partitioning_timescaledb.md
• pg_cron https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron
• pg_partman https://github.com/pgpartman/pg_partman
• Our episode on BRIN indexes https://postgres.fm/episodes/brin-indexes
• Tutorial from Citus (Andres Freund and Marco Slot) including rollups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ybz6zuXCPo
• IoT with PostgreSQL (talk by Chris Ellis) https://youtube.com/watch?v=KnUoDBGv4aw&t=58
• pg_timeseries https://github.com/tembo-io/pg_timeseries
• DuckDB https://duckdb.org

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Postgres FM is produced by:

• Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard
• Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai

With credit to:

• Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork