// PlanetScale Blog · 30 March 2026

High memory usage in Postgres is good, actually

Houseplants often die from over-watering, not neglect. It is easy to project human needs onto them: "If I am thirsty, they must be thirsty too." But many indoor plants actually benefit from drying out between waterings. Similarly, your empathy can lead to misinterpreting signals from your database....

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