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Adam Furmanek

I am Adam Furmanek, and I am a professional software engineer with over a decade of experience. I worked with all layers of software engineering and multiple types of applications.

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DBA Considered Harmful

DBA Considered Harmful

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Things Platform Engineers Lack When Dealing With Databases

Things Platform Engineers Lack When Dealing With Databases

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3 Hot Trends In Database Reliability

3 Hot Trends In Database Reliability

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Postgres can do that? No surprise Postgres is everywhere

Postgres can do that? No surprise Postgres is everywhere

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VACUUM In Postgres Demystified

VACUUM In Postgres Demystified

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PostgreSQL Everywhere and For Everything

PostgreSQL Everywhere and For Everything

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Why Doesn't Postgres Use My Index

Why Doesn't Postgres Use My Index

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Indexes Under The Hood

Indexes Under The Hood

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Concurrency Issues in SQL and Distributed Systems

Concurrency Issues in SQL and Distributed Systems

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Troubleshooting PostgreSQL Low Free Memory

Troubleshooting PostgreSQL Low Free Memory

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What Are Logging Levels

What Are Logging Levels

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Configuring a Connection Pool

Configuring a Connection Pool

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Debugging Low Cache Hit Ratio

Debugging Low Cache Hit Ratio

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Scaling DevOps’ Efficiency & How It Relates To DBOps

Scaling DevOps’ Efficiency & How It Relates To DBOps

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5 Things Your CI/CD Lacks And You Need Them Now

5 Things Your CI/CD Lacks And You Need Them Now

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The Importance of Being Agile in the Database World

The Importance of Being Agile in the Database World

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Good Product Starts With Good Database

Good Product Starts With Good Database

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Do You Use Monitoring? So Brave of You

Do You Use Monitoring? So Brave of You

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Imagine a world where you don't have to worry about your database…

Imagine a world where you don't have to worry about your database…

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How the Shift-Left movement affects developers and their databases

How the Shift-Left movement affects developers and their databases

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Calculating Fingerprints For SQL Queries

Calculating Fingerprints For SQL Queries

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Adopting Database Guardrails - Cultural Shift

Adopting Database Guardrails - Cultural Shift

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From development to production what can go wrong with your databases (and how to avoid and fix them)

From development to production what can go wrong with your databases (and how to avoid and fix them)

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Metis Enables your teams to own their databases with ease

Metis Enables your teams to own their databases with ease

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Forget your database exists! Leave it to Metis

Forget your database exists! Leave it to Metis

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Don't worry! Deploy! Metis has your database covered.

Don't worry! Deploy! Metis has your database covered.

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Database Chaos: Is Your Bottom Line Hanging By a Thread?

Database Chaos: Is Your Bottom Line Hanging By a Thread?

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How Enabling Slow Query Log Enhances Postgres Observability

How Enabling Slow Query Log Enhances Postgres Observability

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Why You Should Leverage Database Integration with OpenTelemetry

Why You Should Leverage Database Integration with OpenTelemetry

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PostgreSQL on steroids - how to ace your database configuration

PostgreSQL on steroids - how to ace your database configuration

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Journey to modern databases

Journey to modern databases

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The Essential Guide to Database Backup: Tips & Strategies

The Essential Guide to Database Backup: Tips & Strategies

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Taming the Multi-Headed Beast: Maintaining SDKs in Production for Years

Taming the Multi-Headed Beast: Maintaining SDKs in Production for Years

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All Your Monitoring Solutions Are Just Wrong

All Your Monitoring Solutions Are Just Wrong

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Platform Engineers Must Change Developers and Databases - And Here Is How

Platform Engineers Must Change Developers and Databases - And Here Is How

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How To Master PostgreSQL Performance Like Never Before

How To Master PostgreSQL Performance Like Never Before

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Mastering SQL Query Optimization: Techniques for Maximum Database Performance

Mastering SQL Query Optimization: Techniques for Maximum Database Performance

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Metis - Your Ultimate Database Guardrail

Metis - Your Ultimate Database Guardrail

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DORA Metrics in DevOps

DORA Metrics in DevOps

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Hey Managers! Don’t Let Developers Break Your Production! Let Metis Help You

Hey Managers! Don’t Let Developers Break Your Production! Let Metis Help You

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The Three Pillars of Successful Database Maintenance and Monitoring

The Three Pillars of Successful Database Maintenance and Monitoring

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Troubleshooting Database Issues Like a Pro

Troubleshooting Database Issues Like a Pro

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Shift Left For DevOps: Enhancing Service Ownership in Databases

Shift Left For DevOps: Enhancing Service Ownership in Databases

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What Is Database Monitoring

What Is Database Monitoring

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Monitoring Is Not Enough and Understanding Through Observability Is the Key

Monitoring Is Not Enough and Understanding Through Observability Is the Key

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You Must Test Your Databases And Here Is How

You Must Test Your Databases And Here Is How

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Common Challenges in Schema Migration & How To Overcome Them

Common Challenges in Schema Migration & How To Overcome Them

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Reading Postgres Execution Plans doesn't have to be so complicated

Reading Postgres Execution Plans doesn't have to be so complicated

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Database Monitoring Metrics: Key Indicators for Performance Analysis

Database Monitoring Metrics: Key Indicators for Performance Analysis

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High Availability in SQL: A Guide to High Availability Databases

High Availability in SQL: A Guide to High Availability Databases

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8 Proven Strategies to Improve Database Performance

8 Proven Strategies to Improve Database Performance

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Heterogeneous Databases: How to address known challenges

Heterogeneous Databases: How to address known challenges

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How Metis Detects Too Many Open Connections on Postgres

How Metis Detects Too Many Open Connections on Postgres

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What Are ORMs & Should You Use Them

What Are ORMs & Should You Use Them

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Locks, latches & distributed system coordination

Locks, latches & distributed system coordination

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How to prevent database problems from hitting production?

How to prevent database problems from hitting production?

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Understanding join strategies in PostgreSQL

Understanding join strategies in PostgreSQL

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How Does Partitioning Work in PostgreSQL and Why Should You Care?

How Does Partitioning Work in PostgreSQL and Why Should You Care?

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Exploring the Power of pgvector as an Open Source Vector Database

Exploring the Power of pgvector as an Open Source Vector Database

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How to Optimize SQL Queries With ChatGPT and Metis

How to Optimize SQL Queries With ChatGPT and Metis

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