Database Insights

Use Apache Airflow to orchestrate database ETL, backup jobs, and maintenance tasks — DAGs, sensors, and best practices

Define meaningful SLOs and SLAs for your database tier — latency, availability, durability, and error budgets

A practical runbook for database incidents — triage, diagnosis, escalation, and post-mortem for MySQL and PostgreSQL

Set up MySQL Orchestrator for automatic failover, topology discovery, and master election at scale

Manage MySQL binary logs safely — set retention, purge old logs, and avoid disk exhaustion in production

Fine-tune PostgreSQL autovacuum to eliminate dead tuples, prevent table bloat, and maintain query performance

Use MySQL Performance Schema to profile queries, monitor memory, and diagnose bottlenecks without guesswork

Decode PostgreSQL wait events to diagnose lock contention, I/O bottlenecks, and CPU pressure in production

How to use pg_stat_statements to identify slow queries, analyze execution stats, and optimize PostgreSQL performance

PostgreSQL WAL retention is a balancing act — too little and standbys fall behind; too much and you risk disk exhaustion. Here's how to configure wal_keep_size and manage replication slots safely.

RDS MySQL audit logs stored in CloudWatch cost significantly more than S3 — and most teams don't need real-time log access. Here's how to export audit logs to S3 and cut your AWS bill.

In 2026, more database versions are hitting end-of-life than any year in recent history.