Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault

The author argues that the upcoming release of PostgreSQL 19 is delayed and several major features were reverted late in the beta period because large numbers of bugs are being discovered by LLMs. While code contributions increased significantly through back-patched bug fixes, human reviewers have become bottlenecked by the volume of AI-flagged issues. The author suggests that developers will need to adapt as LLMs continuously scrutinize code for long-standing defects. Open article →