Nikolay and Michael discuss data types in PostgreSQL — including system types, choosing between types, types provided by extensions, and more.  Here are some links to some things they mentioned: Data Types (docs) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype.html  10 tips for beginners https://postgres.ai/blog/20230722-10-postgres-tips-for-beginners  Tid Scan (explain glossary) https://www.pgmustard.com/docs/explain/tid-scan  Don’t do this (wiki) https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Don't_Do_This  Boundless `text` and back again https://brandur.org/text  UUID episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/uuid  I use ENUM (30min talk by Boriss Mejías) https://archive.fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/postgresql_i_use_enum_vindicating_the_underdog_of_data_types/  Peter Geoghegan tweet https://twitter.com/petervgeoghegan/status/1680275871905775616  JSON episode https://postgres.fm/episodes/json  pg_repack reorder columns discussion https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack/issues/101  Use bigint https://blog.rustprooflabs.com/2021/06/postgres-bigint-by-default ~~~ What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc! ~~~ Postgres FM is brought to you by: Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard With special thanks to: Jessie Draws for the amazing artwork