~postgresweekly | Issue 600 - Postgres 18 features to take note of (6)

PostgREST 13: A RESTful API for Postgres Databases — A standalone web server that turns your Postgres database directly into a RESTful HTTP API. v13.0 adds support for spread to-many relationships and automatic tsvector conversion allowing the use of fts on text and json types out of the box.

Postgres 18 Beta is Out: 7 Features You Should Know About — Last week’s big news was the release of Postgres 18 Beta 1. Neon has put together a quick roundup of seven features to be aware of.

POSETTE 2025: Save the Date! — POSETTE: An Event for Postgres, a free & virtual developer event, is less than a month away -- June 10-12. Learn from 45 experts from the PostgreSQL ecosystem. Choose from 42 unique talks via 4 livestreams with live chat on Discord. Save the date.

pgModeler 1.2: A Postgres Database Modelling Tool — An easy way to create and edit database models in a more visual way. It’s packaged up as a paid product but is also open source (GPLv3 – repo here) so you can build it yourself. v1.2 is a significant update.

pgwatch 3.3: A Postgres Monitoring Solution — A self-contained metrics monitoring dashboard tool for Postgres servers. Can be easily deployed with Docker in a non-invasive way (no extensions needed). GitHub repo.

Vircadia: A Postgres-Powered Reactivity Layer for Games — It seems to be early days, but the idea is you can use Vircadia to simulate agentic worlds and manage in-game entities through SQL.