I'm Brandur. This site is where I publish words and photos. The section updated most often is atoms, short multimedia particles reminiscent of a Twitter feed. I update my now page monthly according to what I'm working on and thinking about. I publish a newsletter as often as I can.
Does anyone run Postgres without PgBouncer?
August 12, 2026
Almost every notable managed Postgres provider bundles a connection pooler, giving us a strong hint that connection management is a product problem rather than a user problem.
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River binaries will get 10 kB lighter
August 6, 2026
River v0.43 removes test-only transitive dependencies from non-test builds, shrinking Go binaries that include River by about 10 kB.
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pgtestdb's template cloning approach to testing is fast
July 28, 2026
Postgres database templates make pgtestdb’s per-test database isolation remarkably quick, around 100 ms of setup time, and within spitting distance of River’s schema-based approach.
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