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Turning a Slow ORDER BY … LIMIT Query into an Index-Only Scan

Jim KnicelyJune 5, 2026

A common tuning pattern in YugabyteDB is finding a query that looks simple, has indexes available, and still performs inconsistently. This often […]

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When Generated Columns and Indexes Turn a Simple JSONB UPDATE into a Distributed Write Amplifier

Jim KnicelyJune 4, 2026

The the previous tip, Update JSONB the Smart Way with jsonb_set() and the || Merge Operator, we looked at two cleaner ways […]

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When Index Read Latency Creeps Up, Look Beyond Compaction

Jim KnicelyMay 22, 2026

A slow query is not always just a “bad query.” Sometimes the query plan looks reasonable, the index is being used, and […]

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Why HNSW Indexes Are So Fast in YugabyteDB

Jim KnicelyApril 22, 2026

Vector search gets expensive fast. Without an index, every query has to compare your search embedding against every row in the table. […]

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