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PostgreSQL 18.0 Released With Async I/O, Performance Improvements - Phoronix
(www.phoronix.com)
AsyncIO, OAuth2 support, and a new wire protocol (for the first time since 2003)!
Interesting move going to a new wire protocol. A lot of “postgres” DBs like Cockroach just do the protocol and handle storage differently.
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