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Schema design checklist
Episode 177
Friday, 17 April, 2026
Nik and Michael discuss a list of things to check when designing new schema in Postgres. Here are some links to things they mentioned:Use BIGINT in Postgres (blog post by Ryan Lambert) https://blog.rustprooflabs.com/2021/06/postgres-bigint-by-defaultPostgres 18 and UUIDv7 (blog post by Gwen Shapira) https://www.thenile.dev/blog/uuidv7How to use UUID (how-to guide by Nik) https://postgres.ai/docs/postgres-howtos/schema-design/data-types/how-to-use-uuidOur episode on constraints https://postgres.fm/episodes/constraintsOur episode on NULLs https://postgres.fm/episodes/nulls-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-and-the-unknownMultiXact member space exhaustion episode (with Metronome) https://postgres.fm/episodes/multixact-member-space-exhaustionOur Column Tetris episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/column-tetrisSaving Space Basically for Free (blog post by James Coleman from Braintree) https://medium.com/paypal-tech/postgresql-at-scale-saving-space-basically-for-free-d94483d9ed9aOver-indexing episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/over-indexingUnder-indexing episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/under-indexingGadget's use of Postgres https://postgres.fm/episodes/gadgets-use-of-postgresPartitioning episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/partitioningRLS vs performance episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/rls-vs-performance~~~What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!~~~Postgres FM is produced by:Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustardNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiWith credit to:Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork







