Does the PostgresSQL 18 performance increased with the latest asynchronous I/O, smarter query planning with improved parallelism kind of offset this performance hits? [1].

"Enhanced and smarter parallelisation; initial benchmarks indicate up to 40% faster analytical queries".

[1] PostgreSQL 18 released: Key features & upgrade tips:

https://www.baremon.eu/postgresql-18-released-key-features-u...