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    A DuckDB Database with No Data in It

    DuckDB A DuckDB database file does not have to hold any data. It can store nothing but view definitions that point at Parquet files on object storage, so a few hundred kilobytes behave like a shared catalog over a whole data lake. This post shows how to build one, host it, and attach it…

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    BM25 is only as good as your tokens

    Neon Lakebase Search is the search primitive of the Neon backend. One of the best things about it is that it ranks keyword results with BM25. That said, BM25 can only score the terms it's given.

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    Frappe joins MariaDB Foundation as a Silver Sponsor

    MariaDB Foundation MariaDB Foundation welcomes Frappe as a Silver Sponsor. Frappe builds open-source software for running organisations, including ERPNext, Frappe HR and Frappe CRM. Its applications are built on Frappe Framework, where MariaDB is the default database. …

  4. pgvector 0.8.7 Released

    PostgreSQL News pgvector 0.8.7 is now available. This release fixes a buffer overflow with IVFFlat index builds (CVE-2026-103484), which can lead to arbitrary code execution. Users are encouraged to upgrade when possible. More details: https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector/issues/1036 pgvector is…

  5. pg_ivm 1.16 released

    PostgreSQL News IVM Development Group is pleased to announce the release of pg_ivm 1.16. Changes since the v1.15 release include: What's Changed New features Add support for PostgreSQL 19 ( Devrim Gündüz ) Bug fixes Fix a segfault when an IMMV is maintained and dropped in the same transaction…