Contribution Over Control Open Source Responsibility in PostgreSQL
summary
Percona describes concrete contributions to PostgreSQL: 650 emails to hackers, 146 blog posts, 72 conference talk submissions, 16 open-source projects contributed, and one rescued project (PG Barcodes), positioning Percona among the top‑10 committing companies while keeping zero closed‑source builds. Percona also delivers a working Transparent Data Encryption implementation and is pushing TDE patches for community inclusion, invests in OIDC, offers certified builds and CVE‑aware delivery, and reports these efforts as operational and upstream‑oriented.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Open source adoption
- 3:37From hobby to full-time
- 5:01Bridging open source and enterprise
- 6:47PostgreSQL contributions 2025-2026
- 8:34Road ahead for PostgreSQL
- 10:43Call for feedback
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