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Sponsoring the community
Michael is joined by Claire Giordano, Head of Postgres Open Source Community Initiatives at Microsoft, to discuss several ways to contribute to the Postgres community — from core contributions, to extensions, to events, and (of course) podcasts.
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
- What’s new with Postgres at Microsoft (blog post by Claire) https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/what-s-new-with-postgres-at-microsoft-2024-edition/ba-p/4140085
- Citus https://github.com/citusdata/citus
- Fibonacci Spirals and 21 Ways to Contribute to Postgres Beyond Code (talk by Claire) https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/postgresql_fibonacci_spirals_and_21_ways_to_contribute_to_postgres_beyond_code/
- How to contribute to PostgreSQL or, 50 Ways To Love Your Project (talk slides by Josh Berkus) https://berkus.org/pdf_presos/50_ways.pdf
- pgconf dot dev https://2024.pgconf.dev/
- POSETTE: An Event for Postgres https://www.citusdata.com/posette
- About Talk Selection for POSETTE https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2024/04/22/about-talk-selection-for-posette-an-event-for-postgres-2024/
- Claire’s video about how to say Postgres, PostgreSQL, Citus, and a few questionably named Microsoft things https://x.com/clairegiordano/status/1503784151614320640
- Citus goes fully open source https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2024/04/22/about-talk-selection-for-posette-an-event-for-postgres-2024/
- Contributor Profiles https://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/
- Mastodon post by Álvaro Herrera (of EDB) https://lile.cl/@alvherre/112444579030481334
- Path To Citus Con podcast (soon to be renamed to Talking Postgres) https://www.citusdata.com/podcast/path-to-citus-con/
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What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
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Postgres FM is produced by:
- Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard
- Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
With special thanks to:
- Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork
Creators and Guests
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Guest
Claire Giordano
Head of Postgres Open Source Community Initiatives at Microsoft, host of the PathToCitusCon podcast, talk selection of Posette Conf