# Column: Database Guru

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/en/llms.txt)

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### Sovereignty & Self-Reliance

- [Build a China-rooted, world-facing PG distribution](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kYl31hRXDvE65i_eewJ68A)
- [Supply-chain trust: I won’t bet on absentee maintainers](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ka7Akl6BeG_holMwEsdC9w)
- [PG “export controls” and supply-chain trust](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SBVcO8fi5mK1Qnb3AWbqxQ)
- [Any domestic DBs that actually deliver?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iVgV_sT5V6AE1v4thJD8ow)
- [Stop embarrassing us when hyping “国产数据库”](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MrRsK5lqZsCZwCUnnO1VMQ)
- [Open-source emperor Linus’ rectification](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IcmXCMyflqGlAPA8vFzyyA)
- [Second national DB test list: what now?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IeYwrKHfgxLkZBBPS3Ai8A)
- [Taxi vicious cycle & domestic DB death loops](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/uccjOkAR1zgur6tftHkzMg)
- [Can domestic DBs actually fight?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/AqcYpOgVj91JnkB1B3s4sA)
- [Is国产数据库 another Great Leap Forward?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/aLXC7f2iYUfATNWsnyotkA)
- [Is China’s PG contribution basically zero?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/79_PnX-a5iSfDMgz_VUx5A)
- [Is DB tech really “stuck at the neck”?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/vh1JE_BdaLetWtt5vvPDDw)
- [Which EL distros actually work?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xHG8OURTYlmnQTorFkzioA)
- [What kind of “self-control” do we actually need?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hWbcc9cMM9qTjPJ0m6G0Kg)

### Industry Insight

- [Open data standards: Postgres, OTel, Iceberg](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/L7rWXFo8UYJLzqXeLoAanw)
- [The lost decade of “small data”](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/rfv_oSRD4LS-W9xFd_WB9g)
- [SaaS is dead? AI era starts from the database](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LykR-ewCx9aO9e09T45taw)
- [Distributed DBs are a fake requirement](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/FNhTCZk-SBVQkYhQ3zi_-g)
- [Claude Code leak: the truth behind MCP hype](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xaeVafPxUfAgQSzl-n3w2w)
- [When PG fell in love with DuckDB](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zoxaJBgNLreWc-TkqOJ8BQ)
- [HTAP: a show with no applause](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wxOSAjObi0oiiRPRahWjJQ)
- [Seven databases in seven weeks @ 2025](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/d8pEo6aOoEJVbrElXc0TCQ)
- [Future DBs on modern hardware](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0Y17J-opjq1fceRi8777Xg)
- [PolarDB at $20/mo: what should DBs cost?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/E0MtNxPVMQ4PAkIFmispTw)
- [Whoever integrates DuckDB best wins OLAP](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TJk9TUW7xsEglhEK_qYi-w)
- [Are vector DBs cooling off?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0eBZ4zyX6XjBQO0GqlANnw)
- [Reclaim hardware dividends](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/1OSRcBfd58s0tgZTUZHB9g)
- [Are distributed DBs a fake need?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/-eaCoZR9Z5srQ-1YZm1QJA)
- [Database hierarchy of needs](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/1xR92Z67kvvj2_NpUMie1Q)

### DBA / RDS

- [We’re not short of DB kernels, we’re short of DBAs who can wield them](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lqYYHA45hdqh4sPQWv5t8A)
- [This time the database really exploded—and paging people didn’t help](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2wkE-Jumnlu83eK-VSNoMA)
- [How to page people when the DB blows up?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Hs-lus_rf9Lhcqw1Az1LUQ)
- [Optimize the carbon-based BIO core before the silicon CPU core](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Yxyir8kjRDUZwkkE_dscZQ)
- [Should you put databases on Kubernetes?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/4a8Qy4O80xqsnytC4l9lRg)
- [Should databases live in Docker?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kFftay1IokBDqyMuArqOpg)
- [Are cloud DBs a tax on IQ?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/c8bpK4o3H7-EyRqVdNDndQ)
- [Cloud RDS: from dropping tables to skipping town](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/AGEW1iHQkQy4NQyYC2GonQ)
- [Will DBAs be eliminated by cloud?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BcsaChZ-PHDEy9u5bOmMJA)
- [Rebuttal: “Why you shouldn’t hire DBAs”](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CMRrqI2yBWlNbACHpNgL1g)
- [Why are you still hiring DBAs?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PqCD80H927s0yJrBr4QQqw)
- [Is DBA still a good job?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Py3o31w3db5E9FsviAZeCA)

### PostgreSQL Ecosystem

- [Why PG will dominate the AI era](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dkQaj4xt11uHrwGK6Dm4QA)
- [Build a China-rooted, world-facing PG distro](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kYl31hRXDvE65i_eewJ68A)
- [Can PG18 run in production now?](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/immOsWr2lkqWADx_6yOGCQ)
- [Supply-chain trust: stop betting on absent maintainers](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ka7Akl6BeG_holMwEsdC9w)
- [Don’t run production PG in Docker](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/9q68rfefIVdU9cjwDfUxGg)
- [PG Extension Cloud unlocks the “complete” PG](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/oHHzhbbt5suSxnJhyxTwQQ)
- [Beware new storage engines](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LdZVVyOj4BA9C892I25lQw)
- [Databricks buys another PG extension shop](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/fTygs1w9zrbQkvjsxjGOcg)
- [Whoever integrates DuckDB wins OLAP](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TJk9TUW7xsEglhEK_qYi-w)
- …and dozens more posts on PG events, tools, hardware, and conferences (see the Chinese list for the full roster).