Postgresql

I had the pleasure of recording a new PG Down Under podcast tonight. My guest was Jimmy Angelakos. With over 25 years of experience in software architecture and a deep expertise in PostgreSQL, Jimmy is a recognized authority in the world of database systems. His career has spanned key roles at industry leaders like 2ndQuadrant and EDB, where he contributed to cutting-edge solutions and open-source advancements. Background Jimmy’s journey began with a Computer Science degree from the University of Aberdeen, and since then, he has worked with and significantly contributed to numerous open-source tools.

2025-02-28

It was great to catch up with Joey D’Antoni today and to have him on a SQL Down Under podcast. Joey D’Antoni is an Architect and SQL Server MVP with over two decades of experience, working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State University. He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and VMware vExpert.

2025-02-01

I’ve had a busy time reading books lately. Another one from my friends at PackT that looked interesting to me was Database Design and Modeling with PostgreSQL and MySQL: Build efficient and scalable databases for modern applications using open source databases by Alkin Tezuysal and Ibrar Ahmed. PostgreSQL and MySQL Database design and modeling is a passion of mine and, while most of my time in recent years has been spent on the SQL Server side of the fence, I’m always involved in PostgreSQL projects, and occasionally with MySQL.

2024-10-02

Welcome to show 3 for PG Down Under! Once again, I really enjoyed recording today’s show. It features Ryan Booz. Ryan is an evangelist with our friends at Red-Gate, focussing on PostgreSQL. In this show, Ryan shares his experiences with community in relation to PostgreSQL. Next, we ventured into the challenges and benefits of being an application vendor working against PostgreSQL, and in particular, the extensibility model and how it compares to other products.

2024-07-25

Welcome to show 2 for PG Down Under! I really enjoyed recording today’s show with John Miner. John is a data architect at Insight in the USA. Over many years, John was a data platform MVP, is a strong community contributor, and blogs at craftydba.com. After I created the Wide World Importers sample databases for Microsoft back in 2016, I did also do a migration of the code to PostgreSQL. That didn’t get released for quite a while but I’ve now seen it out there in the wild.

2024-05-04

Welcome to PG Down Under! I’ve worked with data most of my life and I love all aspects of it, and PostgreSQL has been part of it. Whenever possible, I’ve attended local PostgreSQL user groups to make sure I stay across what’s happening with it, even though my primary work was with SQL Server. PostgreSQL has been part of many client engagements over the years. For some time, I’ve been starting to build up a series of podcasts for PostgreSQL developers and DBAs.

2024-03-08