<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>ProxySQL Blog — #performance</title><description>Posts tagged #performance on the ProxySQL blog.</description><link>https://proxysql.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Part 4 - PgBouncer to ProxySQL: Extended and Prepared Protocols</title><link>https://proxysql.com/blog/part-4-pgbouncer-to-proxysql/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://proxysql.com/blog/part-4-pgbouncer-to-proxysql/</guid><description>Part 4 of the PgBouncer to ProxySQL series. Benchmarks ProxySQL and PgBouncer under PostgreSQL&apos;s extended and prepared query protocols. ProxySQL keeps the lead and widens it as worker threads increase.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rahim Kanji</author></item><item><title>Part 3 - PgBouncer to ProxySQL: Simple-Mode Benchmark</title><link>https://proxysql.com/blog/part-3-pgbouncer-to-proxysql/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://proxysql.com/blog/part-3-pgbouncer-to-proxysql/</guid><description>Benchmarking the PostgreSQL middle tier under SSL — PgBouncer vs ProxySQL (1/2/4 workers), same hardware, same 4KB SELECT workload. pgbench simple mode.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rahim Kanji</author></item><item><title>zstd Compression Support in ProxySQL 3.0.7</title><link>https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-7-zstd-compression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://proxysql.com/blog/proxysql-3-0-7-zstd-compression/</guid><description>ProxySQL 3.0.7 adds native zstd compression for the MySQL protocol, offering better compression ratios and lower CPU overhead compared to zlib.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rene Cannao</author></item></channel></rss>