Adam Furmanek

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DevRel at Metis

Joined Sep 2023

https://www.metisdata.io/

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Schema Changes Are a Blind Spot

Schema changes and migrations can quickly spiral into chaos, leading to significant challenges. Let's see how to overcome these challenges.

January 17, 2025

· 2,868 Views · 4 Likes

You Need to Validate Your Databases

Without proper management, the risk of misconfigured databases increases — just as Heroku experienced. Learn how to steer clear of similar mistakes.

January 16, 2025

· 4,473 Views · 6 Likes

Testing Is a Cross-Cutting Concern; So Are Databases

It’s essential to test all database changes cohesively throughout the pipeline. Let’s explore how this can be achieved with a modern approach.

January 7, 2025

· 3,643 Views · 3 Likes

Why Successful Companies Don't Have DBAs

Consider the possibility that DBAs' current role may be problematic and that we need to rethink how they operate and integrate within our organizations.

January 6, 2025

· 3,867 Views · 7 Likes

Stop Being Afraid of Databases

Ensuring database reliability can be difficult. Our goal is to speed up development and minimize rollbacks. Achieving efficient processes requires database observability.

January 2, 2025

· 4,233 Views · 3 Likes

Observability 2.0: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Traditional monitoring is not enough. We need developer-centric solutions that only Observability 2.0 can give us. Read on to see why.

December 17, 2024

· 5,861 Views · 3 Likes

How and Why the Developer-First Approach Is Changing the Observability Landscape

Developers play a crucial role in modern companies. Explore more about the need to have a developer-first approach and include observability from day one.

December 11, 2024

· 5,828 Views · 4 Likes

Everyone Uses Postgres...But Why?

All big players in the market use PostgreSQL nowadays. But why is that? Find out the answer in this article.

November 20, 2024

· 6,720 Views · 13 Likes

VACUUM In Postgres Demystified

Let’s learn about VACUUM in PostgreSQL: what it is, how it relates to MVCC, how it’s useful, and how to improve your database performance.

October 15, 2024

· 3,436 Views · 8 Likes

PostgreSQL Everywhere and for Everything

PostgreSQL is versatile and can successfully handle less popular SQL scenarios and workflows that don’t use SQL at all. Let's see where Postgres shines.

October 8, 2024

· 7,955 Views · 10 Likes

Why Doesn't Postgres Use My Index?

It may happen that we create an index, but PostgreSQL doesn’t use it. What could be the reason, and how can we fix it?

October 3, 2024

· 4,460 Views · 8 Likes

Indexes Under the Hood

One of the most obvious improvements for databases is to use indexes. Let's see them in detail to understand how they work in PostgreSQL and what makes them useful.

September 27, 2024

· 4,584 Views · 9 Likes

Concurrency Issues in SQL and Distributed Systems

What happens if the first transaction must be canceled later for any reason? How should this affect the other transaction? Read on to understand!

September 25, 2024

· 4,395 Views · 6 Likes

Troubleshooting PostgreSQL Low Free Memory

Gain an understanding of how databases (specifically PostgreSQL) manage memory and how to troubleshoot low free-memory scenarios.

September 17, 2024

· 5,366 Views · 7 Likes

What Are Logging Levels?

Many things can break, but when the logging breaks, then we are completely lost. In this article, understand how to log efficiently in distributed systems.

September 9, 2024

· 3,381 Views · 2 Likes

Configuring a Connection Pool

A connection pooler is a software component that manages database connections. In this post, learn what a connection pooler is and how to configure it.

September 3, 2024

· 2,964 Views · 3 Likes

Debugging Low Cache Hit Ratio

Explore debug scenarios where we can’t utilize cached data and need to read from the physical drive, why it's important, what to look for, and helpful tools.

August 27, 2024

· 2,188 Views · 2 Likes

Calculating Fingerprints for SQL Queries

Learn how to calculate a unique identifier for each SQL query in the database. See how we solved this challenge and what options we considered.

June 20, 2024

· 3,306 Views · 1 Like

How Enabling Slow Query Log Enhances Postgres Observability

Here, learn about the slow query log in PostgreSQL, a feature that allows you to log queries that take longer than a specified threshold to execute.

May 2, 2024

· 1,954 Views · 1 Like

Why DevOps Should Own Their Databases and How To Do It

It took us nearly 20 years to finally formulate the state of DevOps and bridge development and operations. However, we need to take another step to own the databases.

March 7, 2024

· 2,613 Views · 2 Likes

DORA Metrics in DevOps

DORA group defined four broad metrics that are now known as DORA Four Keys. Let's use them to measure the velocity and stability of our databases.

January 30, 2024

· 3,284 Views · 6 Likes

Transaction Isolation Levels For The Highest Possible Performance

Database transaction isolation levels let us get even better performance without rewriting our applications. See how they can be helpful and why we should care.

October 26, 2023

· 3,347 Views · 6 Likes

A New Era Has Come, and So Must Your Database Observability

We can't prevent the bad code from the deployment. We lack database observability, and we can't troubleshoot automatically. We need a new approach: database guardrails.

September 28, 2023

· 3,878 Views · 2 Likes

Comments

PostgreSQL Everywhere and for Everything

Oct 09, 2024 · Adam Furmanek

Thanks. Yet another great example of PG everywhere.

DORA Metrics in DevOps

Feb 08, 2024 · Adam Furmanek

Hi Rajesh. There are many tools you can use, for instance Metis, Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics, or Jaeger. Mind that some of these overfocus on capturing signals and lack reasoning and troubleshooting. See this article to learn more: https://www.metisdata.io/blog/all-your-monitoring-solutions-are-just-wrong

The easiest is to take OpenTelemetry and wire it up in your infrastructure. I don't know what your tech stack is, but most applications should handle it pretty well.