Pigsty Blog Articles
MySQL and Baijiu: The Internet’s Obedience Test
December 20, 2025 in Database
MySQL is to the internet what baijiu is to China: harsh, hard to swallow, yet worshipped because culture demands obedience. Both are loyalty tests—will you endure discomfort to fit in?
MySQL is to the internet what baijiu is to China: harsh, hard to swallow, yet worshipped because culture demands obedience. Both are loyalty tests—will you endure discomfort to fit in?
Victoria: The Observability Stack That Slaps the Industry
December 17, 2025 in Database
VictoriaMetrics is brutally efficient—using a fraction of Prometheus + Loki’s resources for multiples of the performance. Pigsty v4 swaps to the Victoria stack; here’s the beta for anyone eager to try it.
VictoriaMetrics is brutally efficient—using a fraction of Prometheus + Loki’s resources for multiples of the performance. Pigsty v4 swaps to the Victoria stack; here’s the beta for anyone eager to try it.
MinIO Is Dead. Who Picks Up the Pieces?
December 08, 2025 in Database
MinIO just entered maintenance mode. What replaces it? Can RustFS step in? I tested the contenders so you don’t have to.
MinIO just entered maintenance mode. What replaces it? Can RustFS step in? I tested the contenders so you don’t have to.
Alipay, Taobao, Xianyu Went Dark. Smells Like a Message Queue Meltdown.
December 05, 2025 in Cloud
Dec 4, 2025, Taobao, Alipay, and Xianyu all cratered. Users got charged while orders still showed “unpaid,” a carbon copy of the 2024 Double-11 fiasco.
Dec 4, 2025, Taobao, Alipay, and Xianyu all cratered. Users got charged while orders still showed “unpaid,” a carbon copy of the 2024 Double-11 fiasco.
MinIO is Dead
December 04, 2025 in Database
MinIO announces that it is entering maintenance mode: the dragon-slayer has become the dragon. This is how MinIO transformed from an open-source S3 alternative into just another commercial software company.
MinIO announces that it is entering maintenance mode: the dragon-slayer has become the dragon. This is how MinIO transformed from an open-source S3 alternative into just another commercial software company.
Pigsty v3.7: PostgreSQL Magneto Award, PG18 Deep Support
December 03, 2025 in Pigsty
PostgreSQL 18 becomes the default version, EL10 and Debian 13 support added, extensions reach 437, and Pigsty wins the PostgreSQL Magneto Award.
PostgreSQL 18 becomes the default version, EL10 and Debian 13 support added, extensions reach 437, and Pigsty wins the PostgreSQL Magneto Award.
When Answers Become Abundant, Questions Become the New Currency
December 02, 2025 in Database
Your ability to ask questions—and your taste in what to ask—determines your position in the AI era. When answers become commodities, good questions become the new wealth. We are living in the moment this prophecy comes true.
Your ability to ask questions—and your taste in what to ask—determines your position in the AI era. When answers become commodities, good questions become the new wealth. We are living in the moment this prophecy comes true.
Why PostgreSQL Will Dominate the AI Era
December 01, 2025 in PostgreSQL
Context window economics, the polyglot persistence problem, and the triumph of zero-glue architecture make PostgreSQL the database king of the AI era.
Context window economics, the polyglot persistence problem, and the triumph of zero-glue architecture make PostgreSQL the database king of the AI era.
Forging a China-Rooted, Global PostgreSQL Distro
November 27, 2025 in PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL already won. The real battle is the distro layer. Will Chinese developers watch from the sideline or craft a PG “Ubuntu” for the world?
PostgreSQL already won. The real battle is the distro layer. Will Chinese developers watch from the sideline or craft a PG “Ubuntu” for the world?
On Trusting Open-Source Supply Chains
November 22, 2025 in Database
In serious production you can’t rely on an upstream that explicitly says “no guarantees.” When someone says “don’t count on me,” the right answer is “then I’ll run it myself.”
In serious production you can’t rely on an upstream that explicitly says “no guarantees.” When someone says “don’t count on me,” the right answer is “then I’ll run it myself.”