Open Source Eating The World | Scaling Postgres 408
From Scaling Postgres by Creston Jamison
March 15, 2026 · 17 min · Episode 408
About this episode
This episode discusses the impact of open source on the world, along with technical insights on Postgres performance and migration strategies.
In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how open source is eating the world, mitigating plan flips, migrating from Heroku to RDS, and how work_mem is a trap. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/408-open-source-eating-the-world/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/
People in this episode
Host: Creston Jamison
Topics covered
- open source
- Postgres
- plan flips
- migration
- performance
Keywords
- open source
- Postgres
- Heroku
- RDS
- work_mem
- performance
- migration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Heroku, RDS
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