
What went wrong with AIO
Presenters Andres Freund Source PGConf.dev 2025 Okay, great! Here’s the blog post, incorporating your feedback and aiming for a compelling narrative. Diving Deep: The PostgreSQL AIO Journey – Lessons in Patience, Perseverance, and Performance 🚀💡 PostgreSQL, the powerhouse open-source relational database, is constantly evolving. One of the most exciting and ambitious projects underway is the addition of asynchronous I/O (AIO). But adding AIO isn’s as simple as dropping in a few lines of code. It’s a deep dive into the core of the system, a journey fraught with challenges, and a testament to the power of perseverance. Let’s explore this fascinating project and what we can learn from it. ...