date: "2026-08-12" stories: - title: 'Neon Functions: backend logic next to your data' url: https://neon.com/blog/neon-functions-backend-logic-next-to-your-data source: Neon author: Carlota Soto created_at: "2026-08-17T12:00:00Z" - title: Migrate Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL across major versions with active Debezium CDC connectors using native logical replication url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/migrate-amazon-aurora-postgresql-across-major-versions-with-active-debezium-cdc-connectors-using-native-logical-replication/ source: AWS Database Blog author: Arko Dutta created_at: "2026-08-12T16:07:39Z" - title: Make upgrades predictable with Pre-Upgrade Validation Checks url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-blog-for-postgresql/make-upgrades-predictable-with-pre-upgrade-validation-checks/ba-p/4522593 source: Azure Database for PostgreSQL author: varun-dhawan created_at: "2026-08-11T23:00:57Z" - title: Announcing new security, maintenance and analytics features for PostgreSQL at Microsoft Build 2026 url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-blog-for-postgresql/announcing-new-security-maintenance-and-analytics-features-for/ba-p/4524559 source: Azure Database for PostgreSQL author: GuyBowerman created_at: "2026-08-11T18:57:41Z" - title: Building scalable back end services with Rust and PostgreSQL url: https://kerkour.com/rust-scalable-backend-services source: HackerNews hn_url: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274892 points: 3 author: speckx created_at: "2026-08-12T16:22:20Z" - title: Multi-tenant BYOK encryption in PostgreSQL with pgcrypto url: https://xata.io/blog/multi-tenant-byok-encryption-in-postgresql-with-pgcrypto source: HackerNews hn_url: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275166 points: 2 author: tudorg created_at: "2026-08-12T16:40:59Z" - title: Using content-defined chunking to save space on PostgreSQL backups url: https://www.plakar.io/posts/2026-07-17/portable-backups-for-managed-postgres-with-pgdump-and-plakar/ source: HackerNews hn_url: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274085 points: 1 author: vcoisne created_at: "2026-08-12T15:35:34Z" - title: The Dangers of Postgres Subtransactions url: https://planetscale.com/blog/the-dangers-of-postgres-subtransactions source: HackerNews hn_url: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49269697 points: 1 author: birdculture created_at: "2026-08-12T09:17:34Z"