What 10 Postgres Major Contributors Did to Become a Hacker
summary
Ten seasoned Postgres contributors report concrete, repeatable steps: read the Postgres mailing lists end-to-end, study specific books (From Nand to Tetris, The Art of SQL, the Dragon book) and Andy Pavlo lectures, and do hands‑on projects like write a small Postgres extension or an IRC channel bot to learn internals. They advise learning by patch review, pairing with committers, joining Robert Haas’s mentoring program, and practicing feedback acceptance and cross‑language communication. Watch if actionable study lists and real projects matter to you.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to talk
- 1:38Catalysts that sparked journeys
- 9:19Knowledge inputs and learning
- 11:06Learning through code and projects
- 14:24Invisible curriculum of hackers
- 22:33Key takeaways and thanks
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