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Why Adding More Indexes Eventually Makes Things Worse
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March 11, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
postgresql
PostgreSQL Performance
Postgres
Database Indexing
Performance Optimization
software development
Summary
This post discusses the drawbacks of adding more indexes in Postgres, particularly at high ingestion rates, highlighting how each index adds significant overhead to insert operations.
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