Does your app have a database? Does that database play an important role in how the app operations and users perceive its quality? Most of you probably said yes to the first, and definitely to the second. But what if your DB isn't doing as well as it should? How would you know? And once you know, what do you do about it?

On this episode, we're joined by Michael Christofides, co-creator of pgMustard, to discuss and explore the EXPLAIN command for Postgres and other databases as well as all the recommendations you might dig into as a result of understanding exactly what's happening with you queries.

Links from the show

Michael Christofides: @michristofides

Datagrip: jetbrains.com

pgMustard: pgmustard.com

pgMustard example 1: app.pgmustard.com

pgMustard example 2: app.pgmustard.com

pgMustard example 3: app.pgmustard.com

Arctype: arctype.com

Postico: eggerapps.at/postico

Laetitia Avrot Secrets of 'psql'— Video: youtube.com

Beekeeper Studio: beekeeperstudio.io

DBeaver: dbeaver.io

SQLite Browser: sqlitebrowser.org

Michael's new Up and Running with Git course: talkpython.fm/git

Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com

Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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