Sr. Database performance engineer @ Percona

Yoann La Cancellera

Sr. Database performance engineer @ Percona

I am a senior database performance engineer at Percona, but I started out as a Go dev in 2018 and it's been my daily language ever since.
I assist DBAs with various issues on very large Postgres setups, be it performance, architecture, backups, bugs, on Kubernetes or on-premise.
I also develop tools to ease some support investigations: pt-galera-log-explainer and percona_Lab/random_data_load projects, all written in Go.

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Avoiding pitfalls with Postgres and Go

November 03 2026 - 11:30 (45 min )

PostgreSQL is probably the most loved database to work with Go, for good reasons!
As someone helping to scale many terabytes-large postgres environments, some seemingly innocent choices like using session variables or savepoints end up being silent bottlenecks limiting the database possibilities.

In this talk we will discuss less common tips on how to keep your postgres running happy with your go application.
The goal is to guide you on how to stay flexible and prevent you from getting stuck in a position that would prevent you from scaling postgres in the future.

LEVEL: Intermediate

Avoiding pitfalls with Postgres and Go

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