Pigsty Blog Articles

Posts in 2026
  • Pigsty v4.0: Victoria Stack + Security Hardening

    January 28, 2026 in Pigsty

    Pigsty v4.0: Victoria Stack + Security Hardening

    VictoriaMetrics/Logs replace Prometheus/Loki for 10x observability performance, Vector handles logs, unified UI, firewall/SELinux/credential hardening.

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    VictoriaMetrics/Logs replace Prometheus/Loki for 10x observability performance, Vector handles logs, unified UI, firewall/SELinux/credential hardening.

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  • Agent OS: We're Building DOS Again

    January 26, 2026 in Database

    Agent OS: We're Building DOS Again

    LLM = CPU. Context = RAM. Database = Disk. Agent = App. The mapping is surprisingly clean. And if OS history is any guide, we may know what comes next — and what's still missing.

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    LLM = CPU. Context = RAM. Database = Disk. Agent = App. The mapping is surprisingly clean. And if OS history is any guide, we may know what comes next — and what's still missing.

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  • Claude Code Observability

    January 25, 2026 in Database

    Claude Code Observability

    Export Claude Code's OTEL logs and metrics to Victoria stack, visualize with Grafana dashboards.

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    Export Claude Code's OTEL logs and metrics to Victoria stack, visualize with Grafana dashboards.

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  • Claude Code Quick Start: Using Alternative LLMs at 1/10 the Cost

    January 04, 2026 in Database

    Claude Code Quick Start: Using Alternative LLMs at 1/10 the Cost

    How to install and use Claude Code? How to achieve similar results at 1/10 of Claude's cost with alternative models? A one-liner to get CC up and running!

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    How to install and use Claude Code? How to achieve similar results at 1/10 of Claude's cost with alternative models? A one-liner to get CC up and running!

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Posts in 2025
  • Git for Data: Instant PostgreSQL Database Cloning

    December 27, 2025 in PostgreSQL

    Git for Data: Instant PostgreSQL Database Cloning

    How to instantly clone a massive PostgreSQL database without consuming extra storage? PostgreSQL 18 and XFS can spark some serious magic.

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    How to instantly clone a massive PostgreSQL database without consuming extra storage? PostgreSQL 18 and XFS can spark some serious magic.

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  • Did RedNote Exit the Cloud?

    December 26, 2025 in Cloud

    Did RedNote Exit the Cloud?

    When a company that was "born on the cloud" goes "self-host first," does that count as cloud exit? A repost of a deleted piece on the infrastructure coming-of-age for Chinas internet giants.

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    When a company that was "born on the cloud" goes "self-host first," does that count as cloud exit? A repost of a deleted piece on the infrastructure coming-of-age for Chinas internet giants.

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  • Data 2025: Year in Review with Mike Stonebraker

    December 24, 2025 in Database

    Data 2025: Year in Review with Mike Stonebraker

    A conversation between Mike Stonebraker (Turing Award Winner, Creator of PostgreSQL), Andy Pavlo (Carnegie Mellon), and the DBOS team.

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    A conversation between Mike Stonebraker (Turing Award Winner, Creator of PostgreSQL), Andy Pavlo (Carnegie Mellon), and the DBOS team.

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  • What Database Does AI Agent Need?

    December 21, 2025 in Database

    What Database Does AI Agent Need?

    The bottleneck for AI Agents isnt in database engines but in upper-layer integration. Muscle memory, associative memory, and trial-and-error courage will be key.

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    The bottleneck for AI Agents isnt in database engines but in upper-layer integration. Muscle memory, associative memory, and trial-and-error courage will be key.

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  • MySQL and Baijiu: The Internet’s Obedience Test

    December 20, 2025 in Database

    MySQL and Baijiu: The Internet’s Obedience Test

    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?

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    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?

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  • Victoria: The Observability Stack That Slaps the Industry

    December 17, 2025 in Database

    Victoria: The Observability Stack That Slaps the Industry

    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.

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    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.

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