---
title: "This Week's PostgreSQL News (#91)"
publication: "Postgres Weekly"
issue: 91
published_at: "2015-02-04"
canonical_url: "https://postgresweekly.com/issues/91"
---

Postgres Weekly Issue 91 - February 4, 2015

[Archives](http://postgresweekly.com/issues) [Read this issue on the Web](http://postgresweekly.com/issues/91)**Postgres Weekly****Issue 91**
February 4, 2015[Tag All The Things](http://www.databasesoup.com/2015/01/tag-all-things.html?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)The first of a multiple part series about how to deal with tags. If you’ve ever added tagging functionality to your app you know it can quickly be a rabbit hole of what works vs. what performs well. Here’s the first of a series on how to apply it more readily in Postgres._Josh Berkus_[PGConf US 2015 Schedule & Early-Bird Registration Open](http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1565/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)_postgresql.org_[New PostgreSQL releases will be announced on Thursday (tomorrow)](https://twitter.com/DevrimGunduz/status/562624303095898112?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)There’s a new release dropping this Thursday (February 5). As I understand it, it's not quite a 0 day but you should be prepared to update as soon as possible. Current release notes are available [here.](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release-9-3-6.html)_Devrim Gündüz_[Visualize App Performance - From the Browser to the Database](http://www.appdynamics.com/freetrial?utm_source%3Dcooperpress%26utm_medium%3Dsponsorship%26utm_campaign%3Dpostgres%2520weekly%26utm_content%3Dvisualize%2520app%2520performance%2520-%2520from%2520the%2520browser%2520to%2520database?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)More than half of application performance bottlenecks originate in the database, but most application teams have little or no visibility into database performance. With AppDynamics Database Monitoring, you get 100% visibility into application performance._AppDynamicsSponsored_[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/a64fc047.png)](http://www.appdynamics.com/freetrial?utm_source%3Dcooperpress%26utm_medium%3Dsponsorship%26utm_campaign%3Dpostgres%2520weekly%26utm_content%3Dvisualize%2520app%2520performance%2520-%2520from%2520the%2520browser%2520to%2520database?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)[Two PostgreSQL Tricks](http://blog.endpoint.com/2015/01/a-few-postgresql-tricks.html?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)After you run Postgres for a while you learn a lot of tricks specific to your use cases. Here’s a lot at two such tricks, including unlogged tables (which can be great if you need extra performance and can re-create your data)._Joshua Tolley_[Why Index Covering Is Not That Important](http://pglearner.blogspot.com/2015/02/why-index-covering-is-not-that-important.html?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)The first time you learn about multi-column indexes you’re likely pretty excited, maximizing read performance. In reality you likely want to use them sparingly due to the space involved and the rather rare cases where they are significantly more beneficial._Alex K_[Nordic PGDay 2015: Registration Open and Schedule Posted](http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1567/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)_postgresql.org_[New Release of PLV8](http://adpgtech.blogspot.com/2015/02/new-release-of-plv8.html?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)PLV8 brings the full power of the V8 JavaScript engine directly into your database. Now it’s been updated to be compatible with Postgres 9.4 meaning you can have your JSONB and eat it too._Andrew Dunstan_[template_fdw: A Template Foreign Data Wrapper](http://okbob.blogspot.com/2015/02/templatefdw.html?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)Ever wanted to write a foreign data wrapper (FDW) of your own, but didn’t know where to start? Here’s a template that implements the basics and from here you can plug it in to do whatever you like._Pavel Stehule_[Customizing Postgres in Docker](https://osxdominion.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/customizing-postgres-in-docker/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)Already using Docker in your stack and need to add Postgres into the mix? Here’s one of only a few guides around tweaking Postgres running within Docker._OS X Dominion_[Discovering PostgreSQL's Strengths](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/discovering-postgresql-strengths-robin-bate-boerop?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)_Robin Bate Boerop_Curated by [Craig Kerstiens](http://craigkerstiens.com/) and published by [Cooper Press](https://cooperpress.com/).
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