Postgres Sorting at Scale Needs More Than ORDER BY

· Timescale · June 24, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
postgresql Postgres Database Optimization time-series-data query performance
Summary
This blog post discusses the challenges of sorting time-series data using Postgres and presents solutions such as time_bucket and continuous aggregates to drastically reduce query times.
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