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Pavlo Golub @pavlogolub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Domain 1 of the Open Alliance for #PostgreSQL Education DBA-1 certification explained! All 14 exam topics in one video: how Postgres gets installed, where it lives on disk, how it's configured and secured, and how it's run and upgraded youtu.be/iIyFH8HSZEA

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PostgreSQL DBA-1: Domain 1 — Installation, Versioning & Basic Configuration (all 14 exam topics)

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 29/09/2026

The industry keeps asking for index hints in the SQL standard. Codd named indexing dependence as a defect to be cured, in 1970, in the paper that introduced the relational model. A hint puts it back. thegresqlpost.org/articles/a-h... #PostgreSQL #SQL #Databases #datasky

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A Hint of Dependence

Why execution instructions do not belong in SQL, and what the planner needs instead.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 29/09/2026

I am honestly shocked he didn't rename it to "American Intelligence".

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 27/09/2026

The fuck is the winter of our discontent?

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 27/09/2026

“Fuck, I have immortal longings in me.” — Cleopatra

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 21/09/2026

I just had a crazy thought, so I looked it up and of course it exists and has a name. I will have to check out those "in fiction" references. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_p...

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Rogue planet - Wikipedia

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 20/09/2026

How did the worker pronounce it?

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 19/09/2026

I have actually. It used to be quite common over here.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 18/09/2026

Standard #SQL will split ties arbitrarily to keep the sizes even.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 17/09/2026

Yeah. #PostgreSQL 19 is getting a shave and a haircut right now.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 16/09/2026

kids these days don't know 2g1c.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 16/09/2026

I don't know. It seems like Canada becoming the first "Associate Member" of the EU is kind of like the FIFA Peace Prize.

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you're on tour, and ALL of the anti-genocide musicians leave, you're on a pro-genocide tour.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 15/09/2026

Not reading this because a) it is obviously written by AI, and b) the first sentence here is just plain wrong.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 13/09/2026

Oh, *minors*. That's okay then.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 13/09/2026

Oh, that sounds terrible! 🤮 Which thread?

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 11/09/2026

It would be nice to actually have some structure in a query language.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 11/09/2026

I hate when I am so early to the station that my train isn’t even on the board yet.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 09/09/2026

What is Structured Query Language? Sounds interesting.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 06/09/2026

I accept your terms and conditions.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 02/09/2026

The people at this concert are either heavy metal or furries. It’s pretty cool.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 02/09/2026

Slave is still alive and well over there.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 02/09/2026

What a country. How about "if you can't afford to pay your employees properly, you _can't_ afford to own a restaurant." Seriously, it's embarrassing.

A sign on a restaurant door that says:

ATTENTION:
WE DON'T PAY OUR STAFF TO SMILE AT YOU.
SERVICE CHARGES ARE __NOT__ TIPS.
TIP WELL, OR GET OUT. OUR PEOPLE WORK *DAMN* HARD. SHOW SOME RESPECT.
IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO TIP PROPERLY, YOU __CAN'T__ AFFORD TO DINE HERE.
SERIOUSLY. DON'T BE CHEAP. IT'S EMBARRASSING.
THANK YOU.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 01/09/2026

When I was a kid I was reading a (school-mandated) book on the bus about a boy who wouldn’t come out of a tree. I surprised myself by hesitating when I was about to set foot on the ground. Loved that book.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 01/09/2026

My car does not have an off button and I frikken hate it. It’s the first thing on my list for a new car now.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 01/09/2026

That is a terrible starting point. Please don't use Venn diagrams to depict joins. thegresqlpost.org/articles/joi...

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Joins, Naturally

What relational joins are and why Venn diagrams cannot represent them.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 29/08/2026

"You" is already plural. Making it even more plural is just dumb. #yall #trending

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 27/08/2026

I don't know why I did that.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 26/08/2026

The best thing about the USA becoming irrelevant on the world stage is that we don't have to put up with their stupid ass measurements anymore.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 26/08/2026

I was today years old when I suddenly realized (while thinking about something else) that "enchilada" just means "in chili sauce". #etymology

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 22/08/2026

I get all my seeds from platelings dot com.

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Vik Fearing @vik.thegresqlpost.org · 18/08/2026

Yes. The RN (Rassemblement National, National Rally) is the French far-right party, and will probably get elected to the presidency next year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...

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National Rally - Wikipedia

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