The Swyftstack blog

Engineering deep-dives, product notes, and what we’re learning while running managed PostgreSQL, app object storage, and migrations at scale.

Best AI App Builders 2026: Lovable vs Bolt vs v0 vs Cursor

There is no single best AI app builder - there are three genuinely different species (full-app builders, UI generators, and coding agents) and the…

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PostgreSQL Connection Strings Explained (DATABASE_URL)

A PostgreSQL connection string encodes who you are, where the database lives, and how to reach it safely - all in one line. The full format, the…

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PostgreSQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE: Read Plans, Fix Slow Queries

A practical guide to EXPLAIN ANALYZE: what it does, how to read a query plan without drowning in node types, and the three fixes - indexes, query…

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PostgreSQL Connection Pool Sizing: The Formula That Works

How to size a PostgreSQL connection pool without guessing: the (cores x 2) + 1 formula, PgBouncer pool_size math, why bigger pools are slower,…

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