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        <description>Jay is a Staff Developer Advocate at Aiven. Jay has served as a keynote speaker and an avid member of the Python Community. When away from the keyboard, Jay can often be found cheering on their favorite baseball team. </description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How I Found a Great Anniversary Dinner Recommendation Using Aiven's MCP, PostgreSQL, and PG Studio]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A personal story of using Aiven MCP to import a Michelin Guide dataset into PostgreSQL and then using PG Studio to find the perfect anniversary restaurant.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[PGVector Isn’t Your Vector Databasing Cure-All - and That's Fine]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We treat pgvector like a magic wand. While simple vector install and query can feel like magic, you should consider your ecosystem, settings, and configuration to make the most of your existing architecture when it comes to vectorization.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Right Size Your Model Usage with Valkey and Semantic Routing ]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:52:17 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Route easy prompts to cheap models, hard ones to frontier using vector search and a Valkey instance you might already be using for caching.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Index your Valkey Cache and Start Searching]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Valkey Search module allows you to leverage strong full-text and vector search based on your existing cached data.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stop hitting the database for things that aren't there: Use a Valkey Bloom Filter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:24:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Every time your app asks the database 'does this row exist,' it pays the cost of a database query to get back 'no'.
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            <title><![CDATA[Introducing Aiven’s PG Studio]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:43:41 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Aiven's PG Studio is now in Early Availability, allowing you to work with your Aiven for PostgreSQL instances, directly in the Aiven Console. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Different ways to Search Text in PostgreSQL]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:17:35 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A guide to choosing between iLIKE, full-text search, trigrams, and vector embeddings for your data]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jay Miller</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exploring why PostgreSQL made generated columns virtual]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Postgres now makes generated columns virtual by default. Learn why, how it saves storage, and the trade-off between disk space and query performance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exploring PostgreSQL 18's new UUIDv7 support]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:39:23 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Exploring what's interesting about UUIDv7 support using a demo crab store.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Alexander Fridriksson</dc:creator>
            <dc:creator>Jay Miller</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Using PostgreSQL Anonymizer to Generate Synthetic Data]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:03:39 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Beyond data masking, PostgreSQL Anonymizer's superpower is generating schema-accurate, privacy-compliant synthetic data.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jay Miller</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Using PostgreSQL Anonymizer to safely share data with LLMs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Learn how PostgreSQL Anonymizer helps safely share data with LLMs by masking PII, using both static and dynamic masking strategies for secure development.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jay Miller</dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aiven at PGDataDay + PGDay Chicago 2025]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 13:26:26 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Jay Miller represented Aiven at PGDay Chicago 2025. Dive into their recap of the event and key takeaways from many of the talks.]]></description>
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