ubicloud.com/blog/postgresql-and-the-oom-killer-why-we-use-strict-memory-overcommit

no more balloon animals

so strict overcommit is the adult way

rip

until it pops

like a balloon

swell?

anyone else's pg just... swell?

🧛‍♂️

like a data vampire

always wants more

but postgres is greedy

makes sense

so we cap it

no bueno

server dies

boom

like... what if a query explodes?

strict overcommit is safer

idk man

oom killer is the villain here

and the kernel gets mad

postgres just grabs everything

no but like

because linux is mean 😈

why though

yeah it's wild

strict memory overcommit?

oom killer strikes

lol

postgres ate my ram again