This is the last time PGCon will be held in Ottawa! Next year it'll be in another city. My first time at PGCon is the end of an era! From yesterday: Automating index selection using Constraint Programming: One of the speakers was Lukas Fittl of PGAnalyze. He's as good a speaker in person as he … Continue reading PGCon 2023, day 3 →

I learned there are 151 attendees here. I've seen only five women in the entirety. From yesterday: PostgreSQL 16 and beyond: Postgres 16 will be a beast. So many improvements and features, I have to get the slide deck and circulate it at work. The release notes are one thing, hearing a core developer talk … Continue reading PGCon 2023, day 2 →

Today's day 1 of the conference. I'm looking forward to: PostgreSQL 16 and beyond Patroni 3.0: What's New and Future Plans Logical Replication - handling of large transactions Visualizing Postgres I/O Performance for Development All the networking opportunities. Which are already starting as I type this, nursing my coffee after breakfast. The U. Ottawa campus … Continue reading PGCon 2023, day 1 →

Today will be two half-day tutorials. The first one is a filler. The original speaker had to withdraw, so it's billed as a mini-unconference where the attendees determine the topics. The second one is a detailed dive into postgresql.conf. I haven't looked at one since 2014! The talk's description got me thinking about leaky abstractions … Continue reading PGCon 2023 tutorial day →

Tomorrow I fly to Ottawa, which a friend tells me is "the Ibiza of the north," to attend PGCon 2023. This is my first PostgreSQL conference and I'm looking forward to absorbing as much information as I can and networking as much as I can. My simple (simplistic?) understanding of the Postgres conference universe is … Continue reading Traveling to PGCon 2023 →