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Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano

Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano

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 Talking Postgres is a podcast for developers who love Postgres. Guests join Claire Giordano each month to discuss the human side of PostgreSQL, databases, and open source. With amazing guests such as Boriss Mejías, Melanie Plageman, Tom Lane, Simon Willison, Robert Haas, and Andres Freund, Talking Postgres is guaranteed to get you thinking. Recorded live on Discord by the Postgres team at Microsoft, you can subscribe to our calendar to join us live on the parallel text chat (which is quite fun!): https://aka.ms/TalkingPostgres-cal© 2025 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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  • How I got started with FerretDB (& why we chose Postgres) with Peter Farkas

    How I got started with FerretDB (& why we chose Postgres) with Peter Farkas
    May 9 2025

    How does a trek to K2 base camp in the Himalayas spark the idea for a database company? In Episode 27 of Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano, guest Peter Farkas—CEO and co-founder of FerretDB—shares the origin story of this open source MongoDB alternative. (Spoiler: “Ferret” wasn’t the original name). We dig into why Postgres was the obvious choice, what “true open source” means to Peter, and how FerretDB is now powered by the open source DocumentDB extension from Microsoft. Plus, why Hungarian Trappist cheese might deserve a footnote in database history.

    Links mentioned in this episode:

    • GitHub: FerretDB/FerretDB repo
    • Blog: FerretDB 2.0 GA: Open Source MongoDB alternative, ready for production
    • ACM SIGMOD: The Design of Postgres, published 15 June 1986
    • Postgres Weekly: Issue 591 featuring FerretDB
    • GitHub: Microsoft/DocumentDB open source repo
    • Conference talk: From MongoDB to Postgres: Building an Open Standard for Document Databases at POSETTE 2025
    • OSI Blog: The SSL is Not an Open Source License
    • RedMonk Blog: OSS: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, by Stephen O’Grady
    • Talking Postgres Ep18: How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with David Rowley
    • OpenDocDB: initiative to define an open standard
    • Wikipedia: K2 (yes, the mountain)
    • Go Blog: The Go Gopher
    • xkcd: webcomic 927 on Standards
    • Wikipedia: Trappista cheese
    • Cal invite: LIVE recording of Ep28 of Talking Postgres to happen on Wed Jun 18, 2025
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Open Source Leadership with Bruce Momjian

    Open Source Leadership with Bruce Momjian
    Apr 4 2025
    What does it take to lead a global open source project like Postgres? In Episode 26 of Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano, we sit down with Bruce Momjian—co-founder and core team member of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group—to explore the art of leadership in a volunteer-run open source community. Bruce shares what “servant leadership” really means; how saying I’m sorry can help make problems go away; and how letting go of who-gets-the-credit can fuel collaboration. We also dive into Bruce’s origin story, from shaping Postgres’s early days to mastering the art of public speaking. Pro tip: if you see a man in a bow tie at a Postgres conference, be sure to say hello—it’s probably Bruce Momjian!Links mentioned in this episode:Open source project website: postgresql.orgWebsite: Bruce MomjianVideo of talk: Building Open Source Teams at FOSDEM 2023Slides: FOSDEM talk on Building Open Source TeamsWikipedia: John C. MaxwellHarry Truman quote: It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the creditThe New Stack: How to Generate AI From a DatabaseEDB Blog: Bruce Momjian’s Insights from PGConf India 2025Conference schedule: PGConf India 2025Book: Why We Sleep by Matthew WalkerVideo of talk: Why Database Teams Need Crew Resource Management by Chris TraversWikipedia: Anna Karenina principleTalking Postgres podcast: Why mentor Postgres developers with Robert HaasDiscord invite: PostgreSQL Hacking serverMailing lists: PostgreSQL mailing listsConference: PostgreSQL Conference Nepal 2025 happening May 5-6Conference: PostgreSQL Conference Germany 2025 on May 8-9Conference: POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2025 on Jun 10-12Upcoming POSETTE 2025 keynote: Databases in the AI Trenches by Bruce Momjian Conference: SouthEast | LinuxFest on Jun 13-15 in Charlotte NC Conference: Swiss PGDay 2025 happening Jun 26-27 Conference: PGDay Austria 2025 happening in Vienna on Sep 4Conference: PGDay UK 2025 happening in London on Sep 9Conference: PGDay Lowlands 2025 happening in Rotterdam on Sep 12Video from PGConf.dev 2024: Making PostgreSQL Hacking More InclusiveTalking Postgres podcast: How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with David RowleyWikipedia: O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON)Calendar invite: LIVE recording of Ep27 of Talking Postgres to happen on Wed May 07 with guest Peter Farkas. The topic: “How I got started with FerretDB (& why we chose Postgres)”
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Why Python developers just use Postgres with Dawn Wages

    Why Python developers just use Postgres with Dawn Wages
    Mar 14 2025

    When I found out that Django developer and Python Software Foundation chair Dawn Wages has a chapter in her upcoming Domain-Driven Django book called “Just Use Postgres”, I knew we had to get her on the show. In this episode of Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano, Dawn breaks down why so many Python and Django developers have such an affinity for Postgres. And we dive into the Djangonaut Space mentoring program (where contributors launch), learn why “free as in puppies” beats “free as in cake” for open source vibes, and dig into why Python is the second-best language for everything.


    Links mentioned in this episode:

    • Project page: psycopg
    • Documentation: Psycopg 3 – PostgreSQL database adapter for Python
    • Project page: PostgreSQL open source project
    • Git repo: code for PostgreSQL.org website
    • Conference: PyCon US 2025, happening May 14-22 in Pittsburgh
    • Conference: PGConf.dev 2025 Schedule, happening May 13-16 in Montreal Canada
    • Conference: Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day 2025 (P2D2) Schedule, which took place Jan 28-29
    • Wikipedia page: Model-view-controller software design pattern
    • Book: Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0, affectionately called “the four heads book”
    • Podcast episode: Working in Public with Simon Willison & Marco Slot
    • Blog: Simon Willison’s TILs, aka Things I’ve learned
    • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code
    • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How I make annotated presentations
    • Survey: Python Developers Survey 2023 Results
    • Python Docs: What’s new in Python 3.14
    • Mentorship program: Djangonaut Space
    • Mentorship program: Media & Talks about Djangonaut Space
    • Podcast episode: Why mentor Postgres developers with Robert Haas
    • Slides: PGConf EU 2024 talk by Claire Giordano about Contributions to Postgres, including maps showing how global the Postgres project is
    • Video of POSETTE 2024 talk by Paolo Melchiorre: Semantic search with Django, PostgreSQL, & pgvector
    • Video of Citus Con 2023 talk: Maps with Django (and PostGIS), by Paolo Melchiorre
    • Video of Citus Con 2022 talk: Django with PostgreSQL superpowers, by Paolo Melchiorre
    • Conference: DjangoCon Africa 2025, happening August 11-15 in Tanzania
    • Calendar invite: LIVE recording of Ep26 of Talking Postgres to happen on Wed Apr 02, 2025 with guest Bruce Momjian, to talk about Open Source Leadership
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    1 hr and 1 min

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