Artificial Intelligence

Presenters Anne Currie Gaël Duez Source Green IO podcast The AI Revolution Isn’t Just About Bigger Models - It’s About Smarter Ones 🚀💡 For years, the AI world has been obsessed with scaling. Bigger models, more data, more compute – the assumption was simple: more equals better. But what if there was another way? What if we could achieve comparable (or even superior) AI performance without breaking the planet’s energy budget? Enter DeepSeek, a Chinese AI model that’s quietly shaking up the landscape and sparking a vital conversation about the future of AI development. ...

Presenters Aya Iwata Source PGConf.dev 2025 🚀 Supercharge Your Analytics: Fujitsu’s Columnar and the Vertical Clustered Index (VCI) 💡 Are you struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing demands of real-time analytics? Do you need blazing-fast query performance without sacrificing the speed of your operational updates? Then you’re going to want to learn about Fujitsu’s exciting work with PostgreSQL, the Columnar data store, and a groundbreaking community proposal called the Vertical Clustered Index (VCI)! ...

Presenters William Zhang Source PGConf.dev 2025 🚀 Protox: Revolutionizing PostgreSQL Tuning with a Holistic Approach 🌐 Are you struggling to optimize your PostgreSQL database? Traditional tuning methods often fall short, tackling individual components in a sequential manner. Enter Protox, a groundbreaking system that’s changing the game by taking a holistic approach. Let’s dive into what makes Protox so special and the impressive results it’s achieving! 🎯 What is Protox and Why Does it Matter? Protox isn’t just another tuning tool; it’s a paradigm shift. It aims to find the absolute best configuration for your PostgreSQL database, considering a vast array of settings and options – everything from system knobs to table-level adjustments and even query hints. The result? Significant performance gains. ...

Presenters Sam Willis Source PGConf.dev 2025 🚀 PG Lite: PostgreSQL Gets Tiny & Mighty with WebAssembly 🌐 The database world is evolving, and PostgreSQL is leading the charge! 💡 This isn’t hyperbole; as one speaker eloquently put it, “PostgreSQL is eating the database world.” But how can we make this already powerful system even more accessible and versatile? The answer, as demonstrated in a recent presentation, lies in PG Lite, a groundbreaking effort to embed a fully functional PostgreSQL within a WebAssembly (Wasm) environment. Let’s dive into what this means, why it’s so exciting, and where it’s headed. ...

Presenters Gary Evans Nishchay Kothari Source PGConf.dev 2025 🚀 Learned Indexes & PostgreSQL: A Challenging Integration Journey 💡 PostgreSQL is a powerhouse of a database, relied on by countless applications. But as workloads evolve – especially those driven by machine learning and AI – traditional indexing methods sometimes struggle to keep pace. This presentation explored a fascinating, and ultimately complex, journey: attempting to integrate Microsoft’s learned index structure, “Alex,” directly into PostgreSQL. While the initial ambition was high, the experience highlighted some critical architectural realities and paved the way for exciting, more targeted solutions. Let’s dive in! ...