Articles 2024
When Postgres is not enough: performance evaluation of PostgreSQL vs. Distributed DBMSs

The research presented is the result of our joint effort and close collaboration with Evgeny Efimkin, an expert in PostgreSQL who doesn’t work on YDB.
How we switched to Java 21 virtual threads and got a deadlock in TPC-C for PostgreSQL

In this post, we present a case study on how we encountered a deadlock with virtual threads in TPC-C for PostgreSQL, even without the dining philosophers problem. This post might be helpful for Java developers who are considering switching to virtual threads.