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FOSSY 2025 and RAGtime with Postgres
A quick recap of my trip to Portland for FOSSY 2025, where I had the opportunity to speak about building AI-powered applications with pgvector and Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
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SCaLE 22x, live streams and Row-Level Security Sucks
I just came back from my second SCaLE (22x)! I broadcast 3 days of live streams from the conf, and spoke about Row-Level Security.
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PGConf.EU 2024 in Athens, Extension Summit, OpenStreetMap talk, and others
PGConf.EU 2024 was huge, with new fringe events, and much enjoyment.
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pg_statviz 0.7 released with new features, PG17 support
Extension pg_statviz for time series analysis & visualization of Postgres internal statistics has released version 0.7 with new features and support for PostgreSQL 17.
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PGDay Lowlands and DBA Day 2024
A new PostgreSQL event has appeared, and it's DBA Appreciation Day today!
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POSETTE 2024 — How to Work with Other People
Floor Drees and I just spoke at POSETTE 2024 about neurodiversity and mental health in IT & PostgreSQL Community!
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SCaLE 21x — Recovering from Data Loss Despite Not Having a Backup: A Postgres True Story
I just came back from my first Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE 21x) where I shared a true story about a remarkable PostgreSQL data recovery.
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FOSSCOMM 2023 Heraklion — How PostgreSQL can help you enforce best practices
A few months back I gave a talk at FOSSCOMM 2023 in Heraklion, Greece — and the footage has just been found!
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PGConf.EU 2023 — Unforgettable moments and how we rocked the house!
PGConf.EU was a huge success, with many firsts and unforgettable moments.
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PGConf.DE 2023 — The Last Hurrah of "Don't Do This"?
At PGConf.DE I gave a talk about what not to do with Postgres for the last (?) time.
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FOSDEM 2023 - Don't Do this
Just came back from FOSDEM 2023 where, among other things, I gave a talk about what not to do with Postgres.
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PGConf.EU 2022 Berlin — PostgreSQL Community Panel: Upgradability
Just tried out a new panel talk format for PGConf.EU 2022 and feedback was great.
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PostgreSQL Community Panel: Upgradability [Postgres Vision 2022]
So I got some lovely people together to discuss PostgreSQL upgradability at Postgres Vision.
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Slow things down to make them go faster [FOSDEM 2022]
PostgreSQL is very particular about how it likes to deal with high concurrency, so let's look at potential pitfalls when you throw a lot of work at your database.
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