After a recent stint in query optimization, I once again found myself wanting a better way to view query plans produced by EXPLAIN. So, I finally decided to do something about it and the result is Postgres EXPLAIN Visualizer (or Pev): Why Pev I wanted a tool that can make plans simple to understand and be visually pleasing. More specifically, I wanted: minimal visual noise insights high degree of
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