FIELD NOTES
Articles and guides.
Short, practical introductions to every utility: the production problems it solves, where it pays off, and how its operating modes fit into a real PostgreSQL workflow.
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pg-play
Coordinate reviewed PostgreSQL workflows
Turn configuration reviews, incident captures, database changes,
and experiments into durable, inspectable operations.
pg-configurator
Build an explainable configuration candidate
Convert hardware, workload, version, and topology constraints
into settings a DBA can review.
pg-stand
Create a realistic PostgreSQL lab on demand
Reproduce versions, replication, TLS, pooling, logs, and
resource limits without maintaining a permanent test farm.
pg-workload
Make an empty database behave like a real service
Generate plans, locks, WAL, bloat, errors, and background
activity for diagnostics and runbook testing.
pg-perf-bench
Validate performance before go-live
Measure a controlled saturation curve and keep the environment
evidence needed for an honest comparison.
pg-diag
Audit PostgreSQL without changing it
Capture database and Linux evidence locally, over SSH, or
through a database-only connection.
pg-converter
Run reviewed changes across many databases
Package SQL and Python operations, select exact targets, and
retain action-level tracking for safe recovery.
Every guide states the tool boundary as well as its benefits, so you can choose the smallest utility that matches the task.