PostgreSQL feels slow and laggy

Dev tooling3 posts from 3 people3d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)

Posts per day3 posts, Sep 19 to Oct 21

The posts behind it

3, newest first

MastodonOct 8 Andrei Lepikhov: Why is PostgreSQL's Numeric Type so Slow?. https:// postgr.es/p/9xi . # postgresql .#postgresql on Mastodon · @planetpostgres@fosstodon.org1 likes and boostsOpen ↗RedditSep 21 My team and I built a EL tool especially for snowflake, not sure if we are reinventing the wheels or it's worth sharing with the community. let me know what you think....time.... it doesn't make sense. . Delete detections - Seriously, why this is so hard to achieve.... SOX Audit - it's a perfect use case for the EL tool IMO, why isn't there one already. . etc... . These are some main pain points we faced during our operations, wanna see your...r/snowflake · u/loantochooseOpen ↗MastodonSep 19 Struggling with painfully slow spatial queries on large vector layers? Learn advanced indexing strategies, spatial clustering techniques, and critical PostgreSQL configuration tweaks to maximize the read and write performance of your open-source spatial databa#dataengineering on Mastodon · @hub121 repliesOpen ↗

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Snowflake

About this problem

Evidence

3 posts from 3 people in 3 places, about 1 a week over 20 days. Mostly on #dataengineering on Mastodon, #postgresql on Mastodon, r/snowflake. Tools named alongside: MySQL, SQL Server, Snowflake.

Frustration Frustration 0 of 3· Seen on Mastodon, Reddit

How it was grouped

Posts that state a pain and match the "slow-tool" rule about PostgreSQL. First post Sep 19, 2026, latest Oct 8, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

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History

MomentumOct 15, 2026steady to fading

CorroborationOct 11, 2026unverified to corroborated

AddedOct 9, 2026PostgreSQL feels slow and laggy (2 posts)