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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 47 MIN

PgQue

from Postgres FM · host Nikolay Samokhvalov and Michael Christofides

Nik and Michael discuss Nik's new project PgQue, a descendent of Skype's PgQ, for running queue-like workloads in Postgres. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Our first episode on Queues in Postgres https://postgres.fm/episodes/queues-in-postgresPgQue https://github.com/NikolayS/pgqueHN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817349PgQ https://github.com/pgq/pgqpgmq https://github.com/pgmq/pgmqRiver https://riverqueue.comKeeping a Postgres queue healthy (blog post by Simeon Griggs / PlanetScale) https://planetscale.com/blog/keeping-a-postgres-queue-healthyPostgres Job Queues & Failure By MVCC (blog post by Brandur) https://brandur.org/postgres-queuesMy queries to monitor autovacuum (blog post by Laurenz Albe) https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/monitor-autovacuum-my-queries/SELECT FOR UPDATE considered harmful (blog post by Laurenz Albe) https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/select-for-update-considered-harmful-postgresql/Christophe Pettus blog post https://thebuild.com/blog/2026/05/03/pgque-two-snapshots-and-a-diffOur episode on pg_ash https://postgres.fm/episodes/pg_ashRediscovering PgQ (Alexander Kukushkin slides) https://speakerdeck.com/cyberdemn/rediscovering-pgqTick frequency tuning https://github.com/NikolayS/PgQue/blob/main/docs/tick-frequency.md~~~What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!~~~Postgres FM is produced by:Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustardNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiWith credit to:Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork

Nik and Michael discuss Nik's new project PgQue, a descendent of Skype's PgQ, for running queue-like workloads in Postgres. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Our first episode on Queues in Postgres https://postgres.fm/episodes/queues-in-postgresPgQue https://github.com/NikolayS/pgqueHN discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47817349PgQ https://github.com/pgq/pgqpgmq https://github.com/pgmq/pgmqRiver https://riverqueue.comKeeping a Postgres queue healthy (blog post by Simeon Griggs / PlanetScale) https://planetscale.com/blog/keeping-a-postgres-queue-healthyPostgres Job Queues & Failure By MVCC (blog post by Brandur) https://brandur.org/postgres-queuesMy queries to monitor autovacuum (blog post by Laurenz Albe) https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/monitor-autovacuum-my-queries/SELECT FOR UPDATE considered harmful (blog post by Laurenz Albe) https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/select-for-update-considered-harmful-postgresql/Christophe Pettus blog post https://thebuild.com/blog/2026/05/03/pgque-two-snapshots-and-a-diffOur episode on pg_ash https://postgres.fm/episodes/pg_ashRediscovering PgQ (Alexander Kukushkin slides) https://speakerdeck.com/cyberdemn/rediscovering-pgqTick frequency tuning https://github.com/NikolayS/PgQue/blob/main/docs/tick-frequency.md~~~What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!~~~Postgres FM is produced by:Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustardNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiWith credit to:Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork

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