Month: May 2016
UNIX sockets vs. localhost: PostgreSQL Performance advice
Unix sockets vs. localhost: We posted a lot of tuning advice on this blog already. Now we thought we would take it a step further and share some more advice and common “mistakes” that we see people making when configuring web applications. Improving web application performance is more critical than ever, because most applications in […]
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Beating Uber with a PostgreSQL prototype
The other day I got a link to an interesting post published by Uber, which has caught our attention here at Cybertec: https://eng.uber.com/go-geofence The idea behind geo-fencing is to provide information about an area to users. Somebody might want to find a taxi near a certain location, or somebody might simply want to order a […]
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