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PostgreSQL 19's Reliability Reckoning: What Survived Beta 4 — and What Got Cut

PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 arrived on September 24, 2026 with a shorter feature list than it started with. SQL/PGQ, online checksum toggling and partition MERGE all got reverted — but REPACK CONCURRENTLY, parallel autovacuum and planner-stability extensions survived the triage.

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Inside the Toolchains Powering Modern Code Assistants

AI coding tools have grown from inline autocomplete into agents that plan, test and ship changes across whole repositories. Here's how the modern assistant toolchain fits together — models, delivery surfaces, review layers, pricing and the adoption numbers behind the hype.

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