Resources

Articles

• What PostgreSQL has over other open source SQL databases: Part I
• What PostgreSQL has over other open source SQL databases: Part II
• the ultimate postgres vs mysql blog post
• Debugging PostgreSQL performance, the hard way
• Why use Postgres?
• Superfast CSV imports using PostgreSQL's COPY command
• Tricking Postgres into using an insane – but 200x faster – query plan

Blogs

• Planet PostgreSQL - Blog aggregation service for PostgreSQL.
• Andrew Dunstan's PostgreSQL and Technical blog
• Bruce Momjian's PostgreSQL blog
• Craig Kerstiens PostgreSQL posts - Set of posts on PostgreSQL cool features, tips and tricks.
• Database Soup - Josh Berkus' blog.
• Michael Paquier's blog
• Robert Haas' blog
• select * from depesz; - Hubert Lubaczewski's blog.
• Metis Blog - Set of posts on PostgreSQL, SQL databases, performance, and tuning.
• Database Soup - Josh Berkus' blog.
• Robert Haas' blog
• Percona's PostgreSQL blog posts
• Digoal's PostgreSQL and Technical blog(Chinese Language)
• Pigsty blog / PostgreSQL - Blog by the author of PIGSTY with insightful articles on PostgreSQL (as well as databases and cloud infrastructure).
• BigData Boutique Blog / PostgreSQL - Blog by the BigData Boutique team, mostly with analytics focus).

Books

• PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
• The Internals of PostgreSQL - A free e-book by Hironobu Suzuki
• PostgreSQL 14 Internals - A free e-book by Egor Rogov
• Lift the Elephant - A practical guide to scaling Postgres in production, covering tuning, connection pooling, partitioning, and high availability.

Community

• Mailing lists - Official mailing lists for Postgres for support, outreach, and more. One of the primary channels of communication in the Postgres community.
• Reddit - A reddit community for PostgreSQL users with over 12000 users
• Slack - Slack channel for Postgres with over 7000 users
• Russian
• Slack - Slack workspace for Postgres with over 20k members
• Slack - Slack workspace for Postgres with over 20k members
• Slack - Slack workspace for Postgres with over 20k members

Documentation

• Wiki - user documentation, how-tos, and tips 'n' tricks
• pgPedia - An encyclopedia of things related to postgreSQL.
• create_pg_super_document - A poject that aim to generate documentation for all symbols in the PostgreSQL codebase using AI agents

External lists

• Wikipedia admin tools list - Comparison of database administration tools on Wikipedia
• PostgreSQL Wiki GUI tools list - Community Guide to PostgreSQL GUI Tools
• PostgreSQL Wiki Foreign Data Wrappers list - Foreign data wrappers

Newsletters

• Postgres Weekly - Weekly newsletter that contains articles, news, and repos relevant to PostgreSQL.
• pgMustard newsletter - Monthly newsletter that contains Postgres performance articles and videos.
• pgsql-hackers Weekly Digest - Weekly digest of the pgsql-hackers mailing list that provides a list of active threads, thread summaries, and more.

Podcasts

• PostgresFM - Weekly discussions about Postgres topics.
• Path to Citus Con - Monthly interviews with people in the Postgres world.

Roadmaps

• PostgreSQL Roadmap - A roadmap providing step wise guide to PostgreSQL.

Tutorials

• Backup and recover a PostgreSQL DB using wal-e - Tutorial about setting up continuous archiving in PostgreSQL using wal-e.
• PG Casts - Free weekly PostgreSQL screencasts by Hashrocket.
• Postgres Guide - Guide designed as an aid for beginners and experienced users to find specific tips and explore tools available within PostgreSQL.
• PostgreSQL Exercises - Site to make it easy to learn PostgreSQL by doing exercises.
• tutorialspoint PostgreSQL tutorial - Very extensive collection of tutorials on PostgreSQL
• PostgreSQL Primer for Busy People - A collection of the most common commands used in PostgreSQL
• postgresDBSamples - A collection of sample postgres schemas
• pg-utils - Useful DBA tools by Data Egret
• Postgres Guide - Guide designed as an aid for beginners and experienced users to find specific tips and explore tools available within PostgreSQL.
• Operations cheat sheet - Operations cheat sheet from PostgreSQL Wiki.
• tutorialspoint PostgreSQL tutorial - Very extensive collection of tutorials on PostgreSQL
• pagila - Pagila, Postgres Sample Database
• SQL Syntax Cheat Sheet - Comprehensive SQL syntax reference covering window functions, CTEs, and PostgreSQL-specific syntax (UPSERT, JSON queries, array operations).
• PostgreSQL Access Control - The complete mental model: roles, grants, ownership, membership, policies, and default privileges as an integrated system. PDF + video, ~60 min.

Videos

• Citus Data Youtube channel - Citus related videos
• EnterpriseDB Youtube channel - EnterpriseDB related videos
• Postgres Conference Youtube channel - Conference videos
• Scaling Postgres - Postgres video blog series by Creston Jamison
• PostgresTV Youtube channel - Postgres talks, hacking sessions, interviews, and podcast episodes