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Autovacuum: The Tax You're Always Paying

· Timescale · May 5, 2026, 8:24 p.m.

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Summary

This blog post discusses the unnecessary costs associated with autovacuuming in append-only database tables, highlighting that it runs automatically despite not being required, and the implications this has for development teams.

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