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shared_buffers and work_mem, without the folklore

The cache PostgreSQL owns beside the kernel's, the per-operation ceiling every connection multiplies, and the sort that spills to disk — measured before they are set.

22 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 16 Sept 2026

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What this lesson builds

  • Administering PostgreSQL: access, connections and growth
  • Reading system state without over-reading it

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Git for administrators: a history you can trust

Answer "what changed?" with a command instead of a memory: commits, history, remotes and release tags.

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