Episode

Sequential Scans in Postgres just got faster

Podcast: The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser
Published: Apr 18, 2025
Duration seconds: 1656
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Summary

This new PostgreSQL 17 feature is game changer. They know can combine IOs when performing sequential scan. Grab my database course https://courses.husseinnasser.com