DjangoCon US 2015 - Postgres Performance in 15 Minutes by Josh Berkus
Channel: Confreaks
Date: 2015-09-18

In 15 minutes, plus Q&A time, Postgres expert Josh Berkus will explain the essentials of making your database performance "good enough" that you can ignore it and move on to other things. This will include:

Why database configuration is less than 20% of performance
The 14 settings most people need
Why connection pooling is essential
Avoiding bad hardware
DB performance for the public cloud
Stupid things your app does which kills performance
Enjoy this fast-paced roundup of PostgreSQL performance essentials.