BUFFERS by default | Postgres.FM 004 | #PostgreSQL #Postgres podcast

Nikolay and Michael discuss BUFFERS in EXPLAIN ANALYZE — what they are, how they can be very useful during query optimizations, and whether they should be on by default (spoiler alert, they should).

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Here are links to a few things we mentioned:

- EXPLAIN parameters (PostgreSQL documentation) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-explain.html#id-1.9.3.148.8

- Using BUFFERS for query optimization (blog post by Michael) https://www.pgmustard.com/blog/using-postgres-buffers-for-query-optimization

- EXPLAIN (ANALYZE) needs BUFFERS (blog post by Nikolay) https://postgres.ai/blog/20220106-explain-analyze-needs-buffers-to-improve-the-postgres-query-optimization-process

- H3 indexes on PostGIS data (blog post by Ryan Lambert) https://blog.rustprooflabs.com/2022/06/h3-indexes-on-postgis-data

- Turning BUFFERS on by default (latest patch) https://commitfest.postgresql.org/38/3409/

- pgMustard https://www.pgmustard.com/

- https://explain.depesz.com/

- https://explain.dalibo.com/

- Database Lab Engine https://github.com/postgres-ai/database-lab-engine