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On July 15, we hosted the second meetup at our new location, the Chicago Innovations Center. The CIC is evolving, and we like it more and more! I will probably stop saying it at some point, but for now, I Continue reading
I know everyone says this, but let me repeat: this event wouldn't be possible without everyone who contributed in so many different ways! One more time, I want to thank all organizational committee members, all CfP members. volunteers, speakers, and every single person who attended. You all helped us to build an open and inclusive event where everyone felt welcome. And guess what - we are already…
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of presenting at the Postgres User Group Estonia, and that was a delightful experience! Many thanks to Ervin Weber, who literally spent three years trying to make it happen. I was happy to give back to one of my favorite places in the world - the city of Tallinn. I was a little bit hesitant when Ervin indicated his preference to listen to my pg_acm talk. I thought…
Note: this post was not rewritten by AI 🙂 I ve been saying for a long time that AI can t help me because no one else codes the way I do, so it doesn t have any reference points. Then I realized Continue reading
Yesterday, we had our first meetup at our new venue, which we hope will become our permanent home: the Chicago Innovations Center at 1 W. Monroe. We had the pleasure of having Elizabeth Christensen from Snowflake, who delivered a talk pg_lake: Unifying transactional and analytical data with Postgres. Continue reading
That's the last post of the series about the talks at the upcoming PG DATA 2026 conference, covering the remaining Friday talks - keep reading, and check out my previous posts! Continue reading
After Part 1 and Part 2, here comes the Friday schedule! I hope that on the second day of the conference, I will have more time to attend different talks and actually stay and listen! My absolutely-most-anticipated Friday talk is Continue reading
Continuing my review of the upcoming program for PG DATA 2026! There are no talks I don't like, so this review ic turning into "what i like about each of the talks :) Continue reading
Hello everyone, here comes a series of my annual posts about the Chicago Postgres Conference, and what I am most excited about. And I want to start with the training sessions we offer. All three training sessions are presented by my favorite people, and I can't wait to tell you more about them! The first training will be hosted by Andy Atkinson, who not only understands how to make the most of…
I have been organizing Chicago PostgreSQL Meetups for ten years, and during that time, each location change meant I got a new job, and the meetup moved to my new office. That's why when I made an announcement about our upcoming location change, half of the attendees assumed that it meant my yet another new job. No, I am still with DRW, and I enjoy working there and facing new challenges every day…