Save Big on Coursera Plus. 7,000+ courses at $160 off. Limited Time Only! Grab it Explore a comprehensive conference talk on understanding and mitigating application contention in PostgreSQL databases. Delve into the intricacies of database lock waits, deadlocks, and serializable errors, learning how to identify and resolve these issues. Discover practical strategies for reducing contention, including batching transactions, implementing high availability, and optimizing application design patterns. Gain insights into testing mechanisms for high transaction rates and understand the impacts of different transaction isolation levels. Compare approaches to transaction contention in various database systems, including PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, and Postgres-BDR. Equip yourself with valuable knowledge to enhance database performance and reliability in your applications.