Vibhor Kumar: pg_background 2.0: Run SQL in the Background, Now Cleaner, Safer, and Ready for PostgreSQL 19 (opens in new tab)  🗄️Databases

Every PostgreSQL developer eventually reaches the same architectural boundary, although the boundary usually appears as an ordinary product request rather than a database design problem. An application transaction needs to complete one business operation, but the surrounding platform also needs to write an audit record, launch a slow report, refresh a cache, fire a notification, or start some enrichment logic that should not delay the user. The first version of the application usually places ...