The most useful Postgres extension: pg_stat_statements - Citus Data
Inspired by a talk in the PostgreSQL devroom at FOSDEM, a post on the usefulness of the pg_stat_statements extension to Postgres and why every Postgres developer should have it in their toolbox. With sections on getting started, and how to extract insights with pg_stat_statements.
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