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JSON in PostgreSQL - evil data type or just needs to be tamed? | POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Jun 16, 2026 · Engineering Insights

A talk on designing schemas to use PostgreSQL's JSON/JSONB data type effectively rather than fearing it.

“we can tame this data type so that it provides you the best for your database schema”

An EDB solutions architect presents techniques for designing PostgreSQL schemas with JSON/JSONB, including unique indexes on JSON fields and extracting keys into primary/foreign keys. The content is a database engineering tutorial with no meaningful AI industry signal.

postgresql jsonb database-design

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