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Your API Responses Are 40x Larger Than They Need to Be
Dev.to · Polliog 1mo ago
Your API Responses Are 40x Larger Than They Need to Be
I was profiling a production API last year when I noticed something that should have been obvious...
I Removed Redis From My Stack and Used PostgreSQL for Job Queues Instead
Dev.to · Polliog 2mo ago
I Removed Redis From My Stack and Used PostgreSQL for Job Queues Instead
Every Node.js project eventually needs background jobs. Send this email. Process this file. Run this...
PostgreSQL as a Vector Database: When to Use pgvector vs Pinecone vs Weaviate
Dev.to · Polliog 2mo ago
PostgreSQL as a Vector Database: When to Use pgvector vs Pinecone vs Weaviate
"Should we use PostgreSQL as our vector database?" I've heard this question a lot in 2026. pgvector...
PostgreSQL JSONB GIN Indexes: Why Your Queries Are Slow (And How to Fix Them)
Dev.to · Polliog 3mo ago
PostgreSQL JSONB GIN Indexes: Why Your Queries Are Slow (And How to Fix Them)
You added a JSONB column. You created a GIN index. Your queries are still doing sequential...
TimescaleDB Outperforms MongoDB for JSON Logs (100M Document Benchmark)
Dev.to · Polliog 3mo ago
TimescaleDB Outperforms MongoDB for JSON Logs (100M Document Benchmark)
When building Logtide, we needed to store millions of JSON log documents. The "obvious" choice seemed...
Server-Sent Events Beat WebSockets for 95% of Real-Time Apps (Here's Why)
Dev.to · Polliog 3mo ago
Server-Sent Events Beat WebSockets for 95% of Real-Time Apps (Here's Why)
Everyone defaults to WebSockets for real-time features. Most shouldn't. The reality: 95% of...
TimescaleDB Compression: From 150GB to 15GB (90% Reduction, Real Production Data)
Dev.to · Polliog 3mo ago
TimescaleDB Compression: From 150GB to 15GB (90% Reduction, Real Production Data)
When you're storing time-series data at scale, storage explodes fast. We hit 150GB in raw log data...
Building Real-Time Log Streaming with PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY
Dev.to · Polliog 4mo ago
Building Real-Time Log Streaming with PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY
I needed tail -f for a distributed system. The logs were in PostgreSQL. Users wanted to see them...
Making Redis Optional: Why I’m pivoting to a 'Postgres-First' Architecture and why chose Valkey as alternative
Dev.to · Polliog 4mo ago
Making Redis Optional: Why I’m pivoting to a 'Postgres-First' Architecture and why chose Valkey as alternative
I've spent the last few weeks rethinking the dependency graph of Logtide. Currently, if you want to...
Microservices Are Killing Your Performance (And Here's the Math)
Dev.to · Polliog 4mo ago
Microservices Are Killing Your Performance (And Here's the Math)
The promise: Microservices make your system scalable, maintainable, and fast. The reality: For most...
I Replaced Redis with PostgreSQL (And It's Faster)
Dev.to · Polliog 4mo ago
I Replaced Redis with PostgreSQL (And It's Faster)
I had a typical web app stack: PostgreSQL for persistent data Redis for caching, pub/sub, and...
LogTide 0.3.0: Full SIEM Dashboard, C# SDK, and Our Roadmap
Dev.to · Polliog 5mo ago
LogTide 0.3.0: Full SIEM Dashboard, C# SDK, and Our Roadmap
Three weeks after launching 0.2.4, we're excited to announce LogTide 0.3.0 — our biggest release yet,...
Building a Real-Time Log Viewer with Server-Sent Events and Svelte 5
Dev.to · Polliog 5mo ago
Building a Real-Time Log Viewer with Server-Sent Events and Svelte 5
Real-time data is hard. When building LogTide, one feature was non-negotiable: Live Tail—the ability...
How we tripled User Activation with an Interactive Tutorial (Svelte 5 Case Study)
Dev.to · Polliog 5mo ago
How we tripled User Activation with an Interactive Tutorial (Svelte 5 Case Study)
When we launched LogTide as an open-source, privacy-first log management platform, we faced a classic...
Why I chose Postgres (TimescaleDB) over ClickHouse for storing 10M+ logs
Dev.to · Polliog 6mo ago
Why I chose Postgres (TimescaleDB) over ClickHouse for storing 10M+ logs
In the world of Observability and Big Data, ClickHouse is currently the undisputed king. It's...
Real-world Svelte 5: Handling high-frequency real-time data with Runes
Dev.to · Polliog 6mo ago
Real-world Svelte 5: Handling high-frequency real-time data with Runes
Svelte 5 is officially out, and it introduces Runes: a completely new way to handle reactivity. Most...
I built an Open Source Datadog alternative because ELK was eating my RAM (SvelteKit 5 + TimescaleDB)
Dev.to · Polliog 6mo ago
I built an Open Source Datadog alternative because ELK was eating my RAM (SvelteKit 5 + TimescaleDB)
The Problem: Observability is expensive (or heavy) I love building side projects. But...