My POSETTE 2026 and PG DATA 2026 talk on how PostgreSQL's LISTEN/NOTIFY can quietly bottleneck a high-throughput database, and how to fix it with unlogged queue tables, advisory locks, and batching.
Sharing the video of my April LinkedIn Live session, where I break down common SQL anti-patterns from Chapter 2 of my book and fix them live in the terminal.
A recap of our July meetup: Pat Wright on speaking and community involvement for the introvert, and Martins Otun on traceable, SQL-first retrieval for compliance-critical AI systems.
Extension pg_statviz for time series analysis & visualization of Postgres internal statistics has released version 1.0 with an optional AI analysis mode that produces per-module HTML reports with chart commentary, threshold verdicts, and concrete remediation advice from a cloud or local LLM.
A look back at our April meetup and a call for speakers for our May Lightning Talks event! Test your talk before the PGDay UK CFP deadline.
I just came back from SCaLE 23x! This year I spoke about running robust, self-healing PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with CloudNativePG, and caught up with community legends.
A recap of our second meetup! Slides and resources from Alastair Turner's talk on client failover and Sean Hammond's deep dive into transactional job queues.
A recap of FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels, where Daniël van Eeden and I explored what "compatible" really means for databases, plus an announcement for the next session in Vancouver!
Floor Drees, Karen Jex and I led a panel at PGConf.EU 2025 about neurodiversity, teamwork hacks, and how diverse minds collaborate in the PostgreSQL ecosystem. Moderator: Boriss Mejías
The PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup returns! February 12th @ the University of Edinburgh's Lister Learning and Teaching Centre (pizza, networking, and talks).
Extension pg_statviz for time series analysis & visualization of Postgres internal statistics has released version 0.9 with configuration change timelines, new modules for replication, SLRU, and session age.
A doodling habit led to what appears to be a novel way of visualizing prime numbers, using the primes as step lengths in a turtle walk. The result is a surprising geometric "proof" of the Prime Number Theorem.
Thrilled to announce the launch of the PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup! December 11th @ the University of Edinburgh's Old College (pizza, networking, and talks).
Extension pg_statviz for time series analysis & visualization of Postgres internal statistics has released version 0.8 with support for PostgreSQL 18.
A recap of PGDay Lowlands 2025, where I presented our talk "How Do We Get Postgres to the Next Level?", co-written with Henrietta Dombrovskaya, in the unique setting of the Rotterdam Zoo.
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.
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.
PGConf.EU 2024 was huge, with new fringe events, and much enjoyment.
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.
A new PostgreSQL event has appeared, and it's DBA Appreciation Day today!
Floor Drees and I just spoke at POSETTE 2024 about neurodiversity and mental health in IT & PostgreSQL Community!
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.
A few months back I gave a talk at FOSSCOMM 2023 in Heraklion, Greece — and the footage has just been found!
PGConf.EU was a huge success, with many firsts and unforgettable moments.
At PGConf.DE I gave a talk about what not to do with Postgres for the last (?) time.
Just came back from FOSDEM 2023 where, among other things, I gave a talk about what not to do with Postgres.
Just tried out a new panel talk format for PGConf.EU 2022 and feedback was great.
Thank you for the knowledge sharing, the hallway conversations, the friendship, the mentorship. The speakers, organisers, volunteers & attendees made #pgconfeu 2022 a great experience. You are the people that make the #PostgreSQL community awesome! #postgres #database #opensource
Hearing someone talk about migrating non-postgres applications to something that is also not #postgres #pgconfeu
⚠️ @JCasanovaEC of @systemguards shows that there's still not complete feature parity between pglogical and #postgres native logical replication #pgconfeu #postgresql
Whoa!? Big surprise! By show of hands, not many of the #pgconfeu attendees would support a renaming of #PostgreSQL to #Postgres!
.@robertmhaas rocking the place with some real world talk #postgres #pgconfeu #postgresql
Thank you so much to @samokhvalov @Karenhjex @ascherbaum for participating! Many good points and questions raised! #pgconfeu #postgres #postgresql
.@gitlab speaking about how read/write query separation is necessary for single-master #postgres scaling. #pgconfeu #postgresql
@magnushagander @samokhvalov @PostgreSQL What's wrong with recording our panel conversation but excluding the audience questions? Nobody's privacy is affected
RT @PostgreSQL: News: PostgreSQL 15 Released!
I'm hosting a #PostgreSQL Community Panel on Upgradability with @ascherbaum, @Karenhjex and @samokhvalov at @pgconfeu 2022 in Berlin in two weeks! Come say hi!
RT @EDBPostgres: Full house today at EDB Postgres, Cloud and Kubernetes Day in Milan, Italy! 👏
RT @pgconfeu: Read the #pgconfeu speaker interview with Tomas Vondra (@fuzzycz).
RT @pgconfeu: Read the #pgconfeu speaker interview with Nikolay Samokhvalov (@samokhvalov).
RT @opensourceway: Drop your database for PostgreSQL
RT @planetpostgres: Hans-Juergen Schoenig (@postgresql_007): PostgreSQL: Sequences vs. Invoice numbers
@brihal4457 @ascherbaum @pgexperts @Xof @pgconfnyc Make sure the Postgres service is running by checking either with Windows services or with systemd under Linux. Also check that it's actually using the default port 5432.
RT @sjstoelting: Just finished some work on another #PostgreSQL foreign data wrapper #SPARQL.This one is based on multicorn2 now
RT @PostgresWomen: Thanks to a very generous and anonymous donor, we have free tickets for 2 amazing women to attend pgconf Europe in Berli…
So many great talk submissions to @pgconfeu. I'm quietly confident an excellent conference is brewing ☕️ #pgconfeu #postgres #postgresql #opensource #database
RT @CloudNativePg: Proud to announce #CloudNativePG 1.16.0 and 1.15.2 are out!
@postgre_s @johnnyq72 @d_gustafsson @l_avrot @saschild @pg_xocolatl @ascherbaum @Swiss_PGDay Discussion Paused...gres
RT @ascherbaum: ctid and other #PostgreSQL table internals
One hour left! Submit your #PostgreSQL talk proposal for this year's most important #Postgres event in Europe. #opensource #database #databases