DBtune v3 is here: Workload Fingerprint, Google Cloud SQL and PGConf.EU
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DBtune v3.0 is here 🎉 

  • New Workload Fingerprint method released: A groundbreaking method that transforms database performance tuning from an art into a precise, data-driven engineering practice. Read more below. 

  • Broader performance reach: DBtune now tunes up to 18 PostgreSQL server parameters to safely and automatically optimize your database's performance. This is an additional 6 parameters from our last release! Check the full list here.
  • Now available on GCP: Support for Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. Stay tuned for our upcoming blog post. 
  • Support for PG18: DBtune’s version support is extended to PG18, which was just released. 
  • See your tuning wins in an instant: Your key performance gains displayed in bold, at-a-glance summary cards, so you can share your success with the team.
See it in action

Introducing the Workload Fingerprint method

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End the guesswork in PostgreSQL performance tuning with DBtune's Workload Fingerprint method. DBtune's AI engine pinpoints your most critical queries, providing a stable and reliable metric for precise performance measurement.

 

By using the Workload Fingerprint feature, your database team can stop chasing misleading metrics and focus on what truly matters. This allows DBtune's AI-powered engine adapts server parameter optimizations based on your priorities, delivering predictable and measurable performance improvements across any PostgreSQL environment. Stop chasing the myriad metrics and narrow to what matters most in your context and business.

 

Performance tuning of the future is human-guided and AI-accelerated.

 

Find out more: 

  • Blog post; 
  • Technical presentation at PGConf NYC 2025;
  • Technical documentation.
Try it now

Join us at PGConf EU 2025 in Riga, Latvia

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DBtune is Gold Sponsor at PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2025.

 

Catch us at our booth in Riga, Latvia this week. Stand a chance to win a Raspberry Pi 5, get your hands on our swags, an exclusive demo on Workload Fingerprint, and all our product updates. 

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Join our CEO and Founder, Dr. Luigi Nardi, for a talk on DBtune's new capabilities. He'll showcase our latest Workload Fingerprint feature, which transforms tuning from an art into a repeatable engineering process.

 

Discover how we're pushing the boundaries of auto-tuning to deliver predictable, high-performance PostgreSQL across any environment, complete with live demos and practical strategies for cost-effective optimization.

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Join us at the  PostgreSQL & AI Summit featuring talks from leading AI and PostgreSQL experts on October 21, 2025 on Community Events Day. Don't miss out on our keynote, talks and panel:

  • Dr. Marc Linster, DBtune Fellow: KEYNOTE: AI for Postgres? Postgres with AI? Postgres for AI? 
  • Dr Luigi Nardi, CEO and Founder:Workload Fingerprints: A data cleaning pipeline for effective AI autotuning.
  • Mohsin Ejaz, Senior DevOps Engineer: How to let AI tune your database without breaking everything.
  • Dr. Erik Hellsten, Senior ML Engineer: Which server parameters actually matter? — A machine learning framework for server parameter importance analysis.

New hire

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We welcome Shardul Borhade as our new Senior PostgreSQL Engineer! With a passion for PostgreSQL, Shardul brings valuable experience from his previous roles at Microsoft, the European Commission, HSBC and Symantec, where he worked on database architecture design and large enterprise deployments. Shardul will support our enterprise customers. 

Rewatch

  • PGDay Lowlands: Autotuning debate from PGDay Lowlands 2025  featuring our Founder and CEO, Dr. Luigi Nardi, alongside other industry leaders
    (starting 7:31:37)

  • PGDay UK: Explaining PostgreSQL like I was five (or 85) (Ellyne Phneah) 

  • PGDay Napoli: Postgres and People; The Neuroscience and Psychology of Why We Stick Around (Ellyne Phneah)
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Articles we love

Postgres trip report from PGConf NYC 2025

by Claire Giordano
A recap of PGConf NYC 2025 from 29 September to 1 October, featuring our Workload Fingerprints performance tuning method, Postgres 18 and AIO. The event brought together senior technologists from financial institutions and PostgreSQL practitioners to learn and share knowledge. 

 
Postgres woman of the month: Ellyne Phneah

by Postgres Women India
October's Postgres Woman of the Month, Ellyne Phneah, shares her unconventional journey from journalism to becoming a key voice in the PostgreSQL community, focusing on making technology accessible and building a more inclusive "social code" for the open-source world.

 

The fundamental interconnectedness of all things with Boriss MejĂ­as

by Talking Postgres
Solution architect Boriss MejĂ­as shares how the idea of “interconnectedness”—inspired by Douglas Adams—can help you untangle complex Postgres questions. 

 

btree_gist improvements in PostgreSQL 18
by Bernd Helmle

The extension btree_gist lives in PostgreSQL contrib and implements btree-like operators and behavior on top of the GiST framework. 

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