What I learned about the PostgreSQL Community
summary
Weekly interviews collect concrete community data: 214 interviews started, 134 completed and published, 106 by September 2021 and 426 names in the pool; content lives on a Hugo static site auto-deployed from GitHub and is cross-posted to Planet Postgres. Surveys show PG stat statements as the top extension, split use of the project name, 33 countries represented, and a surprising number—about 100—who start but never finish interviews. Contribution routes emphasize CommitFest reviews and reading mailing lists, and the project tracks 426 names in a big spreadsheet.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:21PostgreSQL Person of the Week
- 4:21Technical Platform
- 4:50Interview platform
- 7:00Rename the Elephant?
- 8:54Recommendations
- 10:14Where do people come from?
- 11:18First used PostgreSQL version
- 11:59What tags are people using?
- 15:24Favorite drink
- 16:39Favorite conference
- 18:06Favorite extensions
- 19:03Make a living from PostgreSQL
- 19:46Does PostgreSQL have a future?
- 20:18Business/private use cases
- 21:25How to start development
- 23:0164 Bit Transaction IDs
- 25:16Entry Barrier
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