pg_flight_recorder

From Postgres FM by Nikolay Samokhvalov and Michael Christofides

May 15, 2026 · 43 min · Episode 180

About this episode

Nik and Michael discuss pg_flight_recorder, a new tool for monitoring Postgres databases, with its creator David Ventimiglia.

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

People in this episode

Hosts: Nikolay Samokhvalov, Michael Christofides

Guest: David Ventimiglia

Topics covered

Postgres monitoring
pg_flight_recorder
database tools
Supabase
performance monitoring

Keywords

pg_flight_recorder
Postgres
database monitoring
Supabase
pg_wait_sampling
pg_ash
pg_cron
pg_tle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supabase, pg_flight_recorder, pg_wait_sampling, pg_ash, pg_cron, pg_tle