Best Postgres Podcasts (2024)

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Postgres 17 Beta 1 Released | Scaling Postgres 318 17:54

1h ago17:54

17:54

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss all the new features in Postgres 17 Beta 1, some features that did not make it, database collations & sorting and causes of slow commits. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/318-postgres-17-beta-1-released/…

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Sponsoring the community 32:17

3h ago32:17

32:17

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: What’s new with Postgres at Microsoft (blog post by Claire…

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S2E9: Sai Srirampur, PeerDB 41:37

35m ago41:37

41:37

Sai Srirampur is the co-founder of PeerDB and a veteran Postgres Solutions Engineer with experience at Citus Data and Microsoft. He has been at the forefront of optimizing and scaling Postgres for large data workloads and is now spearheading innovation in data movement and replication with PeerDB. In this episode, we'll discuss the challenges of tu…

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Andrew Atkinson - The Postgres Specialist 53:27

2h ago53:27

53:27

Andrew Atkinson is a Rails developer, turned Postgres specialist, turned author and consultant. He joins us to talk about his developer journey, how he found his niche with Postgres, writing his new book, High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails, and the launch of his consulting practice. Relevant Links Twitter Website (Consulting page) High Performan…

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#385 RESTing on Postgres 24:04

21h ago24:04

24:04

Topics covered in this episode: PostgresREST How Python Asyncio Works: Recreating it from Scratch Bend The Smartest Way to Learn Python Regular Expressions Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Mailtrap: pythonbytes.fm/mailtrap Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonb…

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Extending Postgres for High-Performance Analytics (with Philippe Noël) 1:07:33

38m ago1:07:33

1:07:33

PostgreSQL is an incredible general-purpose database, but it can’t do everything. Every design decision is a tradeoff, and inevitably some of those tradeoffs get fundamentally baked into the way it’s built. Take storage for instance - Postgres tables are row-oriented; great for row-by-row access, but when it comes to analytics, it can’t compete wit…

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Postgres on Kubernetes, with Álvaro Hernández 1:02:41

5d ago1:02:41

1:02:41

Álvaro Hernández is the founder and CEO of OnGres a company that provides among other things a distribution of Postgres that runs on Kubernetes, called “StackGres”. Álvaro is also an AWS Data Hero and a passionate database and open source software developer Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know: - web: kubernetespodcast.c…

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Postgres is Now a Vector Database, Too 17:56

16d ago17:56

17:56

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced PG Vector, an open-source tool that integrates generative AI and vector capabilities into PostgreSQL databases. Sirish Chandrasekaran, General Manager of Amazon Relational Database Services, explained at Open Source Summit 2024 in Seattle that PG Vector allows users to store vector types in Postgres and perf…

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#386 Major releases abound 21:00

14h ago21:00

21:00

Topics covered in this episode: NumPy 2.0 release date is June 16 Uvicorn adds multiprocess workers pixi JupyterLab 4.2 and Notebook 7.2 are available Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Mailtrap: pythonbytes.fm/mailtrap Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@…

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Kubernetes Observability with Site24x7 40:22

1h ago40:22

40:22

Bret is joined by Jasper Paul and Vinoth Kanagaraj, observability experts and Site24x7 Product Managers, to discuss achieving end-to-end visibility for applications on Kubernetes infrastructure. We answer questions on all things monitoring, OpenTelemetry, and KPIs for DevOps and SREs. We talk about the industry's evolution from monitoring to full o…

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How Training Data Differentiates Falcon, the LLM from the UAE 23:27

1h ago23:27

23:27

The name "Falcon" for the UAE’s large language model (LLM) symbolizes the national bird's qualities of courage and perseverance, reflecting the vision of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi. TII, launched in 2020, addresses AI’s rapid advancements and unintended consequences by fostering an open-source approach to enhance communi…

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Reimplementing Apache Kafka with Golang and S3 1:23:04

3h ago1:23:04

1:23:04

This week on Developer Voices we’re talking to Ryan Worl, whose career in big data engineering has taken him from DataDog to Co-Founding WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible streaming system that uses Golang for the brains and S3 for the storage. Ryan tells us about his time at DataDog, along with the things he learnt from doing large-scale syste…

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A Decade of Kubernetes Contribution 1:14:01

3h ago1:14:01

1:14:01

This episode is the first in our four-part Kubernetes 10 Years Anniversary special! The focus of this episode is on Kubernetes maintainers who have been involved with the project since its early days, and who are still active today. Featuring guests: David Eads, Davanum Srinivas (Dims), and Federico Bongiovanni. David is a senior principal software…

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Read AI's David Shim on Making Meetings More Efficient With Intelligent Agents 37:47

4h ago37:47

37:47

In this episode, Madrona Managing Director Matt McIlwain hosts David Shim, founder and CEO of Read AI. These two have known each other for over two decades, having worked together at Farecast and then Placed, which David founded in 2011. They came together again in 2021, when David started Read AI, which delivers AI solutions that make meetings, em…

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Time-Series Open Source Extension | Scaling Postgres 317 14:56

2h ago14:56

14:56

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a new time-series open source extension called pg_timeseries, Postgres ignoring indexes, JSONB selectivity issues, and geographically distributed multi-tenant applications. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/317-time-series-op…

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Full text search 50:20

25m ago50:20

50:20

Nikolay and Michael discuss full text search in Postgres — some of the history, some of the features, and whether it now makes sense to try to replace or combine it with semantic search. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Full Text Search https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/textsearch.html tsearch2 https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6…

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S2E8: Melanie Plageman, Microsoft 36:55

2h ago36:55

36:55

In this episode, we talk Postgres committer Melanie Plagemean about her involvement with @PGConfdev, improvements to vacuum scheduling and auto vacuum configuration, the logical replication of DDL, and platforms such as CNCF and Kubernetes integrating with Postgres. Links mentioned: PGConf.dev YouTube – CMU Database Group Path To Citus Con Podcast …

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Out with C and C++, In with Memory Safety 36:19

6d ago36:19

36:19

Crash-level bugs continue to pose a significant challenge due to the lack of memory safety in programming languages, an issue persisting since the punch card era. This enduring problem, described as "the Joker to the Batman" by Anil Dash, VP of developer experience at Fastly, is highlighted in a recent episode of The New Stack Makers. The White Hou…

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#384 Force push lightly 25:50

1d ago25:50

25:50

Topics covered in this episode: Git: Force push safely with --force-with-lease and --force-if-includes Thoughts from PyCon 2024 Being friendly: Strategies for friendly fork management tach Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Mailtrap: pythonbytes.fm/mailtrap Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @briano…

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New Releases & 1,000 Times Faster Query | Scaling Postgres 316 14:34

1h ago14:34

14:34

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases, optimizing a query to be 1,000 times faster, custom vs. generic plans and the pgtt extension. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/316-new-releases-1000-times-faster-query/…

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Minor releases 39:46

1h ago39:46

39:46

Nikolay and Michael discuss Postgres minor releases — how the schedule works, options for upgrading to them, and the importance of reading the release notes. Here are some links to things they mentioned: PostgreSQL 16.3, 15.7, 14.12, 13.15, and 12.19 released (announcement) https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-163-157-1412-1315-and-1219…

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K2D by Portainer 32:42

12d ago32:42

32:42

Bret and Nirmal are joined by Neil Cresswell and Steven Kang from Portainer to look at K2D, a new project that enables us to leverage Kubernetes tooling to manage Docker containers on tiny devices at the far edge. K2D stands for Kubernetes to Docker, which is a bit of a crazy idea -- it's a partial Kubernetes API running on top of Docker Engine wit…

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S2E7: Bharath Rupireddy, AWS 30:08

4h ago30:08

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Bharath Rupireddy has carved a niche for himself in the Postgres community since he began using the database system back in 2020. From his start at EnterpriseDB to making strides at Microsoft, and now contributing to the AWS open-source project, Bharath is entrenched in the inner workings of Postgres development. He has worked in many areas of Post…

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How Open Source and Time Series Data Fit Together 21:13

17d ago21:13

21:13

In the push to integrate data into development, time series databases have gained significant importance. These databases capture time-stamped data from servers and sensors, enabling the collection and storage of valuable information. InfluxDB, a leading open-source time series database technology by InfluxData, has partnered with Amazon Web Servic…

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Designing Actor-Based Software (with Hugh McKee) 1:12:02

8h ago1:12:02

1:12:02

The actor model is a popular approach to building scalable software systems. And isn’t hard to understand when you’re just reading about the beginner’s examples. But how do you architect a complex design using the actor model? Which patterns work well? How do you think through it? Joining me to take us through it is Hugh McKee. Hugh’s a total actor…

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Transforming Corporate Travel: A Conversation With Steve Singh and Christal Bemont 26:02

16d ago26:02

26:02

In this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Managing Director Steve Singh and Christal Bemont, CEO of Direct Travel, Madrona's newest portfolio company, delve into the acquisition of Direct Travel and its pivotal role in revolutionizing the $1.4T corporate travel ecosystem, along with @Spotnana , Troop, and Center. Full Transcript: https://bit.ly/…

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Ground Control: Lunar with Eyal Solomon 27:17

7m ago27:17

27:17

Eyal Solomon (@EyalSolomo44643) is the CEO and co-founder of Lunar, an open-source platform which bills itself as the “first reverse API gateway.” Lunar allows engineering teams to monitor, manage, and optimize API consumption. According to Eyal, it’s very easy to integrate with APIs, but difficult to keep them maintained, and there was a clear nee…

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Tom Rossi - Building Products with a Buzz 49:56

15d ago49:56

49:56

In this episode, Jeremy and Jess get a chance to connect with Tom Rossi, the cofounder of Higher Pixels. Tom's story is an inspiring one for developers wanting to build products. He and his team have been successful creating a handful of SaaS products. Tom has been instrumental in creating Buzzsprout, their flagship podcast hosting platform that's …

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#383 Why aren’t devs shipping faster? 31:00

15h ago31:00

31:00

Topics covered in this episode: I asked 100 devs why they aren’t shipping faster. Here’s what I learned Python 3.13.0 beta 1 released A theme editor for JupyterLab rich-argparse Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by Mailtrap: pythonbytes.fm/mailtrap Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fossto…

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Hacking On Postgres is Hard! | Scaling Postgres 315 19:31

14m ago19:31

19:31

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how hacking on Postgres is hard, a notifier pattern for using Listen/Notify, using histograms for metrics and saturated arithmetic. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/315-hacking-on-postgres-is-hard/…

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Custom vs generic plan 29:00

24d ago29:00

29:00

Nikolay and Michael discuss custom and generic planning in prepared statements — how it works, how issues can present themselves, some ways to view the generic plan, and some benefits of avoiding planning (not just time). Here are some links to things they mentioned: PREPARE https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-prepare.html track_activity_qu…

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S2E6: Gülçin Yıldırım Jelínek, EDB 37:09

7h ago37:09

37:09

As the podcast host of The Builders, member of Postgres Women, and Staff Engineer at EDB, Gülçin Yıldırım Jelínek is passionate to see where this space will take us. We kick off Season 2 with Gülçin as she shares her journey in the tech industry, CloudNativePG, the impact of AI on Postgres, and the representation of women in the Postgres community.…

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Ep. #147, Secure Local Dev Environments with Chris Stolt and Ben Burkert of Anchor 20:40

2h ago20:40

20:40

In episode 147 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Chris Stolt and Ben Burkert of Anchor about securing local development environments. This talk explores dev/prod parity and how Anchor’s taking a developer-first approach to addressing the pains of internal TLS. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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ByteWax: Rust's Research Meets Python's Practicalities (with Dan Herrera) 1:01:54

2h ago1:01:54

1:01:54

Bytewax is a curious stream processing tool that blends a Python surface with a Rust core to produce something that’s in a similar vein to Kafka Streams or Apache Flink, but with a fundamentally different implementation. This week we’re going to take a look at what it does, how it works in theory, and how the marriage of Python and Rust works in pr…

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#382 A Simple Game 28:10

16h ago28:10

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Topics covered in this episode: act: Run your GitHub Actions locally! portr Annotating args and kwargs in Python github badges Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by ScoutAPM: pythonbytes.fm/scout Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on Yo…

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150 Times Faster pgvector? | Scaling Postgres 314 16:30

10h ago16:30

16:30

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss performance improvements for pgvector 0.7.0, a guide to vector embeddings, building a Retrieval Augmented Generation app and only allow logins to replicas. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/314-150-times-faster-pgvector/…

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My Journey to Explaining Explain with Michael Christofides 1:25:43

18d ago1:25:43

1:25:43

Did you know that sometimes the fastest way of doing something is not having to do it at all? In this episode of Path To Citus Con, the podcast for developers who love Postgres, Michael Christofides joins Claire Giordano to chat about his journey to explaining explain (or should we say EXPLAIN!?) Michael shared his origin story as a mathematician a…

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LIMIT vs Performance 45:23

3d ago45:23

45:23

Nikolay and Michael discuss LIMIT in Postgres — what it does, how it can help with performance, and an interesting example where adding it can actually hurt performance(!) Here are some links to things they mentioned: LIMIT considered harmful in PostgreSQL (Twitter thread by Christophe Pettus) https://twitter.com/Xof/status/1413542818673577987 LIMI…

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Chainguard: Building Secure Container Images 59:43

3d ago59:43

59:43

Bret and Nirmal are joined by Dan Lorenc from Chainguard to walk them through Chainguard's approach to building secure, minimal container images for popular open source software. They discuss why it is important to have secure and minimal container images. Dan explains how Chainguard helps remove the pain of CVEs, laggy software updates and patches…

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S2E5: Jelte Fennema-Nio, Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft 31:40

4d ago31:40

31:40

Alongside his peers studying Systems Network Engineering, Jelte Fennema-Nio unearthed a security vulnerability within the framework of Postgres. Since then, Jelte joined the world of cybersecurity and network engineering. He is currently Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft working on Citus/ Postgres/ PgBouncer. In this episode we explore: Fork…

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Valkey: A Redis Fork with a Future 17:37

1M ago17:37

17:37

Valkey, a Redis fork supported by the Linux Foundation, challenges Redis' new license. In this episode, Madelyn Olson, a lead contributor to the Valkey project and former Redis core contributor, along with Ping Xie, Staff Software Engineer at Google and Dmitry Polyakovsky, Consulting Member of Technical Staff at Oracle highlights concerns about the…

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Mojo Lang - Tomorrow's High Performance Python? (with Chris Lattner) 1:24:38

5d ago1:24:38

1:24:38

Mojo is the latest language from the creator of Swift and LLVM. It’s an attempt to take some of the best techniques from CPU/GPU-level programming and package them up in a Python-compatible syntax. In this episode we explore why Mojo was created, and what it offers to Python programmers and non-Python programmers alike. How is it built for performa…

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OpenFeature with, with Thomas Poignant and Todd Baert 46:32

29d ago46:32

46:32

Guests Thomas Poignant and Todd Baert are Software engineers with long experience working on IAM systems and feature flagging software. Today they are both maintainers and members of the Technical Committee of OpenFeature which is a CNCF incubated project. Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know: - web: kubernetespodcast.co…

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