Does your app have a database? Does that database play an important role in how the app operates

and how users perceive its quality? Most of you probably said yes to that first question,

and definitely to the second. But what if your database isn't doing as well as it should?

How do you know? And once you know, what do you do about it? On this episode, we're joined by

Michael Christophide,

co-creator of PG Mustard,

to discuss and explore the Explain Command for Postgres

and other databases,

as well as all the recommendations you might dig into

as a result of understanding exactly what's happening with your queries.

This is Talk Python to Me, episode 366, recorded May 11th, 2022.

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