Umair Shahid takes us through the concept of incremental sort in PostgreSQL:
Incremental sort is a database optimization feature, introduced in PostgreSQL 13, that allows sorting to be done incrementally during the query execution process. Sorting is a common operation in database queries, often necessary when retrieving data in a specific order. PostgreSQL’s query planner uses incremental sort to improve query performance, particularly for large datasets. This feature is enabled by default in PostgreSQL 13 and above.
Read on to see how it works and some good practices which help maximize the likelihood that you can take advantage of the feature.