Embedding Workloads as a New Stress Test for Postgres

Wednesday, April 22 at 11:10–11:55
Room: Zürich Level: Intermediate

AI workloads push Postgres in unexpected ways - millions of embeddings, frequent updates, and hybrid vector + relational queries. These patterns reveal new pain points: autovacuum lag, index bloat, and planner confusion. This talk shows how real embedding workloads stress MVCC and indexes, what tuning helps, and what lessons the Postgres community can take from AI users in production.

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April 21–22 2026

Haus der Technik, Essen, Germany