Announcing the second PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup

The Lister Learning and Teaching Centre at the University of Edinburgh The Lister Learning and Teaching Centre at the University of Edinburgh. Photo by Paul Zanre - COPYRIGHT: PAUL ZANRE PHOTOGRAPHY.

I'm thrilled to announce that the PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup is back! 🐘

After a fantastic launch, we are gathering again on Thursday, February 12th. We'll be meeting at the University of Edinburgh's Lister Learning and Teaching Centre for another evening to talk tech, eat pizza, and get to know each other.

Whether you're a seasoned DBA, an app developer just getting started with databases, or simply curious about high availability and search integrations, this meetup is for you. All levels are welcome!

The Agenda

Here's the schedule for our second outing, featuring two insightful technical talks.

  • 18:00: Doors Open, Pizza & Networking 🍕
  • 18:55: Introductions & Community Announcements
  • 19:00: Follow Your Leader — Alastair Turner (Percona)
  • 19:40: Break
  • 20:00: Postgres to Elasticsearch Syncing: A "War Story" — Sean Hammond (seanh.cc)
  • 20:45: Event End

The Talks

Follow Your Leader
Alastair Turner from Percona joins us to dive deep into high availability. He will be sharing the critical mechanics of how to ensure availability after a failover occurs—a vital topic for anyone running Postgres in production.

Postgres to Elasticsearch Syncing
Sean Hammond will be sharing a "war story" about a legendary outage. He'll walk us through the complexities and challenges encountered when syncing data between Postgres and Elasticsearch, offering lessons learned.

Join Us!

This event is completely free, but registration is required so we can get the numbers right for the food & refreshments!

Register here 👇

The meetup is bound by the PostgreSQL Code of Conduct. We are also looking for volunteer help (greeting attendees, logistics, etc.) for this and future meetups. If you can help, please drop me an email at vyruss000 (at) gmail.com.

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I can't wait to see you there as we continue to build this new chapter for the PostgreSQL community in the North of the UK.