# pg_flight_recorder

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Podcast: [Postgres FM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/postgres-fm-5565051)
Published: 2026-05-15T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/073e5d80
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/073e5d80/a33df796.mp3
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## Resource

Nik and Michael are joined by David Ventimiglia to discuss pg_flight_recorder, a new tool he created for monitoring a Postgres database from within. Here are some links to things they mentioned: David Ventimiglia https://postgres.fm/people/david-ventimiglia pg_flight_recorder https://github.com/dventimisupabase/pg_flight_recorder Supabase https://supabase.com pg_wait_sampling https://github.com/postgrespro/pg_wait_sampling pg_ash https://github.com/NikolayS/pg_ash pg_cron https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron pg_tle https://github.com/aws/pg_tle ~~~ What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc ! ~~~ 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

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