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Keith's Ramblings... is a personal blog at keithf4.com about programming and data. Since 2016, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “PostgreSQL 10 Built-In Partitioning Initial Look”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2016–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked as a reference for PostgreSQL 10's native table partitioning. One commenter notes that partitioning must be declared explicitly, so existing tables and triggers are unaffected.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Welcome to my blog where I ramble on about PostgreSQL and other random things…

Most-linked posts?

  1. PostgreSQL 10 Built-In Partitioning Initial Look
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-12-12

What Hacker News says?

  1. The new partitioning requires explicit declaration, so your existing triggers and tables shouldn't be affected. https://www.keithf4.com/postgresql-10-built-in-partitioning/

    Comment linking /postgresql-10-built-in-partitioning/

    on “PostgreSQL 10 Released”
  2. Submitted PostgreSQL 10's Built-In Partitioning as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Important features: Native Table Partitioning - https://www.keithf4.com/postgresql-10-built-in-partitioning/ Logical Replication - https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/logical-replication-postgresql-... or what is new in PG 10 https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/New_in_postgres_10 Postgresql really awesome!

    Comment linking /postgresql-10-built-in-partitioning/

    on “PostgreSQL 10 Beta 1 Released”
  4. Submitted PostgreSQL 10 Built-In Partitioning Initial Look as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted A Large Database Does Not Mean Large Shared_buffers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Cleaning Up PostgreSQL Bloat as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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