PostgreSQL 18 (beta) just dropped and it’s not here to hype. It’s here to help. No AI. No blockchains. No gimmicks. Just clean, powerful upgrades that fix real pain devs have lived with for years. In this episode of RunItBare: - Parallelized CSV imports (finally uses all your cores) - Logical replication that syncs schema and data - JSON Table: query nested JSON without summoning demons - Unique nulls (yes, optional fields can be truly unique now) - Sequence syncing to stop ID collisions in prod - Merge with SQL-standard syntax — no more on conflict spaghetti - Better metrics, better error visibility, better sanity - Postgres 18 isn’t loud, it’s just right. Final release is expected late 2025, but the beta is ready for real testing now. Don’t wait until prod screams. Get ahead of it. 🧠 Real upgrades. No hype. Just dev joy. This is RunItBare.