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Built on PostgreSQL, Tiger Cloud combines robustness and flexibility to tame your most demanding workloads, from real-time analytics and IoT data to events and vector embeddings.
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Jun 12, 2026
Postgres handles 90% of workloads well. Here's how to tell if yours is in the 10% — and what the diagnostic query that confirms it looks like.
Jun 05, 2026
Learn why PostgreSQL reads 16x more data than your queries need, and how a hybrid row-columnar storage layout eliminates the bottleneck without changing your SQL.
Jun 02, 2026
The cost of the Optimization Treadmill doesn't show up on the database bill. It shows up on the engineering calendar. And it compounds in ways that are easy to miss until someone actually adds it up.
May 26, 2026
Vector search becomes an index design problem as your data grows. Here's how to make the right call without leaving Postgres.
May 22, 2026
PostgreSQL and your OS cache the same data twice. Learn how double buffering degrades performance at scale and how the 25% shared_buffers rule fixes it.
Giant `IN` clauses inflate PostgreSQL planning time and spike p99 latency. Learn how `ANY(ARRAY[])` cuts the hidden planning tax and keeps your app fast at scale.
May 14, 2026
The true cost of Postgres optimization isn't the cloud bill. It's 12-16 engineer-weeks per year that never show up on a budget report.
May 08, 2026
Joins on billion-row Postgres tables crush real-time dashboards. Flatten your schema to cut shared buffer hits 70–90% and restore dashboard speed.
