Discovering Postgres...
summary
A personal path from first struggling with Postgres setup and docs to created Postgres challenges on DataCamp, then encountering a production migrated to BigQuery decision at a fintech company and probing why. Travel to multiple conferences reveals a welcoming, proactive community, many companies migrating to Postgres, and Postgres’s strengths: extensible, adaptable to AI workflows. Practical ways to contribute listed: run user groups, fix docs, submit patches, join mailing lists.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and journey
- 3:43First hands-on experience
- 5:28Community discovery
- 8:00Postgres events and involvement
- 11:15Why Postgres excels
- 13:20Getting involved in community
- 14:23Q&A session
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