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Life & fun · February 6, 2026

pgSentry

PostgreSQL-only. The micro-DBA for modern engineering teams

What it does

Postgres often fails silently (bloat, replication lag/WAL growth, inactive replication slots, slow query regressions, blocking locks). pgSentry watches your DB and turns those signals into a clear dashboard + severity-ranked, actionable recommendations (with copy-paste SQL fixes) — before they become incidents. Works with AWS RDS, Supabase, Neon, Google Cloud SQL, and self-hosted.

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