Elevarq Blog
Technical writing on PostgreSQL performance, database operations, observability, and the engineering systems behind our products.
Slow on purpose, fast in tests: a 10x CI win without touching security
A password hash is supposed to be slow — that’s part of the defense. But our test suite was paying that cost thousands of times per run. Here’s how we cut one package’s test time from 391 seconds to 40 without weakening a single production setting.
Elevarq Analyzer 1.0: Evidence before explanation
Elevarq Analyzer 1.0 is here. We explain why deterministic analysis—not an LLM—decides what is true, and why a plausible PostgreSQL explanation is not enough without evidence.
Stop getting better at firefighting
The best database incident is not the one your team resolves in 20 minutes. It is the one that never happens. PostgreSQL operations should be about making performance, cost, and security predictable, not about becoming exceptionally good at putting out fires.
pgAgroal 1.4.5: Frontend TLS and Stricter HBA Security
pgAgroal 1.4.5 adds TLS for client connections, optional mutual TLS, stricter HBA source validation, and hardened Kubernetes deployment through Helm.
Elevarq Signals 1.3.0: Know Who Can Access What
Elevarq Signals 1.3.0 adds object and default privilege collection, making PostgreSQL grants — including access through PUBLIC — explicit, normalized, and ready for analysis.