July 2024 Citus Open Source Newsletter

✍ Path To Citus Con podcast has a new name

Path To Citus Con is now Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano. Same podcast. New name. Find out why the name was changed, and more.

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📹 All The Postgres Things at Microsoft, POSETTE edition

In his keynote updated for POSETTE 2024, Charles shares the Postgres efforts at Microsoft—in core, in the cloud offering, and in the community.

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🎙️ Podcasting about Postgres with Pino de Candia

Pino, former co-host of Path To Citus Con, and Claire chat about the first year of the podcast, the rename, and highlights of each episode.

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📹 The Open Source Geospatial Community, PostGIS, & Postgres

PostGIS, introduced in 2001, is one of the oldest Postgres extensions. Regina Obe explains the PostGIS origin story, and why PostGIS & Postgres will continue into the future.

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📣 Acknowledging Postgres Contributions

A new website, postgres-contrib.org, aims to highlight contributions to the PostgreSQL project beyond code—documentation, events, mentoring, & more.

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📹 A Walking Tour of PostgreSQL

Ever wondered about the origins of Postgres? This POSETTE keynote takes you through the origin, history, and current structure.

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🎙️ Talking Postgres EP18 – Tue Aug 6

David Rowley joins Claire to chat about how he got started as a developer and in Postgres. Note the special day & time in NZST.

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📹 Why I love open source development & what I learned from K8s

Sarah Novotny from Kubernetes-land shares her guiding principles for developing in the open in her POSETTE 2024 keynote. Be sure to peek at her playful slides.

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📹 Want to improve the impact of your developer blog?

Watch Claire’s PGConf.dev talk for oodles of tips & tricks for increasing the reach of your blog posts. Or, review the slides if you prefer.

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✍ Postgres Person of the Week: Nazir Bilal Yavuz

Our own Nazir “Bilal” Yavuz was a recent PG Person of the week. Find out how he got started, what he’s doing now, and more.

Learn about Bilal ⟶

📹 Making PostgreSQL Hacking More Inclusive

A team of 4 Postgres committers share some positive & negative personal experiences related to Postgres—their own and those of others.(Slides)

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📹 ICYMI: Playlist of all 42 POSETTE talks

Need a nice strong dose of Postgres? Here’s a playlist of all the talks at POSETTE 2024 and a guide to help you choose which ones to watch.

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