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Practical Aurora PostgreSQL Incident Response for Large-Scale Events

What should you prepare in PostgreSQL ahead of a large-scale event, and what should you check first when it goes live? Practice the response sequence before, during, and after the event with hands-on experiments in educational Aurora PostgreSQL that trigger lock waits, deadlocks, VACUUM delays, failovers, and Reader CPU spikes—along with diagnostic SQL and playbooks for seven event types.

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Level Intermediate

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PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
aws-aurora
aws-aurora
AWS
AWS
SQL
SQL
Python
Python
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
aws-aurora
aws-aurora
AWS
AWS
SQL
SQL
Python
Python

What you will gain after the course

  • Compare CPU utilization and DB Load in the same one-minute interval to distinguish execution bottlenecks from wait bottlenecks and determine the initial response priorities immediately after launch.

  • Use pg_stat_activity, pg_locks, and pg_blocking_pids to find idle-in-transaction blockers and wait chains, and interpret and respond to lock_timeout (55P03), deadlocks (40P01), and serialization failures (40001).

  • Calculate the load contribution during the event window using the difference between two pg_stat_statements snapshots and EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS), then validate Claude’s index suggestions against result equivalence and write costs.

  • We manage PostgreSQL-specific risks during flash sales and long-running events by measuring dead tuples that VACUUM cannot remove, table bloat, and transaction ID age.

  • For each of seven event types—including first-come, first-served coupons, limited-edition drops, and order surges—define what to prepare in advance, how to respond immediately, and what not to do, then verify that connections and writes recover after failover.

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Who is this course right for?

  • A backend developer unsure what to prepare on the Aurora PostgreSQL side ahead of a large-scale event.

  • SREs and junior DBAs who know pg_stat_activity and pg_stat_statements but need a framework for deciding what to check first during an outage

  • For those with MySQL experience who want to understand PostgreSQL’s MVCC, VACUUM, and transaction ID risks from an event-driven perspective.

  • For anyone who wants to use query analysis from an AI like Claude but feels uneasy about trusting it outright.

Need to know before starting?

  • Basic Concepts of SELECT, JOIN, Indexes, and Transactions

  • A Basic Understanding of Aurora and RDS’s Writer/Reader Architecture

  • Run terminal commands (for local practice, PostgreSQL 16 or later or Docker, and Python 3.10 or later)

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A data craftsman with over 20 years of experience in databases and IT. As a DBA and manager of a DB Platform team, I work with database platforms and specialize in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, SQL tuning, AWS, Terraform, and Python. Drawing on experience in the gaming, finance, and IT services industries, I explain database and cloud architecture. I have published 『Oracle Practical Tuning: Learning SQL Patterns』 and 『Oracle Pro*C Practical Project Guide』, and have presented on serverless architectures, database selection, and multi-database strategies at AWS Summit 2018 and 2019 and DataYa Nolja 2020. Recently, I have been working on slow-query analysis and tuning recommendations using Bedrock LLM, automated DB specification sizing, and query workflows through a DB metadata MCP server and Slack bot. I explain database automation for developers and AI applications for non-developers through hands-on exercises tailored to the audience and objectives of each course. Rather than applying AI suggestions as-is, I teach a decision-making framework that verifies result equivalence, execution plans, and observability conditions, and defers action when the supporting evidence is insufficient. Company operational data and credentials are not included in the course materials.

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