Best Boriss Podcasts (2024)

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How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with Tom Lane 1:39:18

3d ago1:39:18

1:39:18

It was not Tom Lane’s plan to become a computer person. Tom’s plan was to be a pinball machine designer. And yet for the last 26 years Tom has been one of the most prolific engineering contributors to Postgres. In this episode of Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano, PostgreSQL luminary Tom Lane walks us through how he got his start as a developer…

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Becoming a Postgres committer with Melanie Plageman 1:22:38

19d ago1:22:38

1:22:38

If you could work on anything, would you quit your job to pursue it? Postgres committer and major contributor Melanie Plageman joined Claire Giordano on this episode of the Talking Postgres podcast (formerly Path To Citus Con) to share her story about becoming a Postgres committer. Melanie pivoted from IT consulting to open-source development, driv…

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How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with David Rowley 1:29:08

2M ago1:29:08

1:29:08

Ever wonder how driving a forklift at a cheese factory could lead to a career in databases? Postgres committer David Rowley joined Claire Giordano on this episode of the Talking Postgres podcast (formerly Path To Citus Con) to share his story about how he got started as a developer and in Postgres. Could an unexpected job lead to your dream career?…

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Podcasting about Postgres with Pino de Candia 1:24:09

3M ago1:24:09

1:24:09

Have you ever eavesdropped on other people’s conversations? Former co-host Pino de Candia joins Claire Giordano on this episode of Talking Postgres (formerly Path To Citus Con) to share their experience on podcasting about Postgres. Is listening to a podcast the next best thing to being in the hallway track at a conference? Does it bring the commun…

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The Making of POSETTE: An Event for Postgres with Teresa Giacomini & Aaron Wislang 1:35:04

4M ago1:35:04

1:35:04

It’s not a conference unless you can confer, right? POSETTE organizers Teresa Giacomini and Aaron Wislang join Claire Giordano on the Path To Citus Con* podcast to share backstage perspectives on the making of POSETTE: An Event for Postgres. How do you feel about captions: love or hate? Should livestream talks be pre-recorded or presented live? Why…

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

5M 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 …

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Becoming expert at using PostgreSQL with Chris Ellis 1:09:46

6M ago1:09:46

1:09:46

You have to find what works for you and Chris Ellis has never been the kind of person that could go and sit in a library—for Chris, the most productive Postgres place is in a coffee shop. In this episode of the Path To Citus Con* podcast for developers who love Postgres, Chris Ellis joined Claire and Pino to chat about his path to becoming more (an…

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Spinning up on Postgres & AI with Arda Aytekin 1:18:33

7M ago1:18:33

1:18:33

Everywhere you look, people are talking about AI. From Copilot to ChatGPT to Postgres’s powerful AI capabilities (think: pgvector), AI is everywhere. In this episode of Path To Citus Con*, for developers who love Postgres, Arda Aytekin joined Claire and Pino to chat about spinning up on Postgres and AI. Arda shared his origin story in mechanical en…

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From developer to PostgreSQL specialist with Derk van Veen 1:11:16

8M ago1:11:16

1:11:16

The best days are when things don’t go as planned. Derk van Veen joined Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia on this episode of Path To Citus Con* podcast for developers who love Postgres—to discuss his journey from Java developer to PostgreSQL specialist and DBA. From his first days with DB2 and Oracle, to his work with Postgres, Derk shared how he …

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My Journey into Performance Benchmarking with Jelte Fennema-Nio & Marco Slot 1:13:35

9M ago1:13:35

1:13:35

No one likes benchmarking. But it can be one of the highest impact things you do. Jelte Fennema-Nio and Marco Slot joined Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia on this episode of Path To Citus Con* podcast for developers who love Postgres—to discuss their journeys into performance benchmarking. And how it can change the course of your career. Do you n…

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My Journey into Postgres Monitoring with Lukas Fittl & Rob Treat 1:21:02

10M ago1:21:02

1:21:02

Do you monitor your Postgres error logs for gold? Lukas Fittl and Rob Treat join Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia on the Path To Citus Con* podcast for developers who love Postgres—to discuss their respective journeys into Postgres monitoring. Have you ever asked yourself: “Why is my query so slow?” Or had to figure out which query is slowing thi…

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Solving every data problem in SQL w/Dimitri Fontaine & Vik Fearing 1:17:06

12M ago1:17:06

1:17:06

Is being lazy a good reason to learn SQL? Dimitri Fontaine and Vik Fearing join Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia on the Path To Citus Con* podcast for developers who love Postgres—to discuss whether every data problem can be (or should be) solved in SQL. Have you tried to solve all the Advent of Code puzzles with SQL? Or written a book for applic…

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How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with Andres Freund & Heikki Linnakangas 1:13:25

1y ago1:13:25

1:13:25

Lots of stories of how folks got started as developers! Andres Freund and Heikki Linnakangas join Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia to explore more paths for getting into Postgres on Path To Citus Con*, the podcast for developers who love Postgres. How do you do development: with a cup of coffee, with music in the background, maybe at 3am? How do …

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Why people care about PostGIS and Postgres with Paul Ramsey & Regina Obe 1:10:10

1y ago1:10:10

1:10:10

The geospatial world of Postgres is so much more than mapping. Paul Ramsey and Regina Obe join Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia to explore the "where" on Path To Citus Con*, the podcast for developers who love Postgres. What are some of the unexpected use cases for PostGIS, one of the most popular extensions to Postgres? How have Large Language M…

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You're probably already using Postgres: What you need to know with Chelsea Dole & Floor Drees 1:10:01

1y ago1:10:01

1:10:01

Drop the fear, not the tables. Chelsea Dole and Floor Drees join Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia to explore the app developer perspective on Path To Citus Con*, the podcast for developers who love Postgres. If you’re an app developer, you’re probably already using Postgres. Now what? What do you need to know? Are databases your best friend or yo…

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My favorite ways to learn more about PostgreSQL with Grant Fritchey & Ryan Booz 1:18:03

1+ y ago1:18:03

1:18:03

Everyone learns differently. Grant Fritchey and Ryan Booz, database advocates at Redgate focusing on PostgreSQL, talk with Path To Citus Con* co-hosts Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia to explore the learning resources available to developers and users in all the corners of the PostgreSQL world. What drives you to learn: need or curiosity? What ca…

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How I got started as a dev and in Postgres with Melanie Plageman & Thomas Munro 1:17:26

1+ y ago1:17:26

1:17:26

In this episode of Path To Citus Con*, Melanie Plageman, a PostgreSQL hacker working at Microsoft, and Thomas Munro, PostgreSQL developer and committer also at Microsoft talk with co-hosts Claire Giordano and Pino de Candia. They talk through all the different ways they got started as developers. Does making your first patch to Postgres get you hoo…

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Why give talks at Postgres conferences with Álvaro Herrera & Boriss Mejías 1:04:46

1+ y ago1:04:46

1:04:46

Álvaro Herrera, and Boriss Mejías, both longtime members of the Postgres developer community, explore the value of giving conference talks—as well as the work involved, the time it takes, and the many different types of conference talks, including presentations about about failure and things that have gone wrong. In this episode of Path To Citus Co…

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How to get Postgres ready for the next 100 million users 1:01:30

1+ y ago1:01:30

1:01:30

Join Claire and Pino as they talk with Citus and Postgres open source team members to explore how to get Postgres ready for the next 100 million users. What will future Postgres users look like? How will the Postgres development process evolve with more users? What are the common challenges faced by Postgres users? Citus open source team members Ab…

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Working in public on open source with Simon Willison & Marco Slot 1:05:02

1+ y ago1:05:02

1:05:02

Simon Willison is the creator of Datasette and co-creator of Django. Marco Slot is the lead architect for the Citus database extension to Postgres. In this episode of Path To Citus Con*, Simon and Marco talk about working in public on open source. Simon shares many of his learnings in public—with weeknotes, tweets, blogs, and “today I learned” (TIL…

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6. The Final C**tdown 42:47

1+ y ago42:47

42:47

In a 'winner-takes-all' politics, there must be losers. Then-PM Boris Johnson had managed to swerve the many scandals that came his way, and it seemed as if nothing could stop him. His supporters couldn't get enough of his tenacity, his opposition were delirious with dismay. But the walls were closing in. The way his reputation within the Conservat…

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5. Boris's Big Fat Hairy Promise 41:10

1+ y ago41:10

41:10

Even those closest to Boris thought he was a Remainer. He liked to flirt with Eurosceptic views but had always been open about the benefits of remaining a member of the European Union. And then Guto gets a call from Boris's sister - "Boris is about to do something really stupid, you're the only one in the world I can think of who can stop him." Bor…

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4. The Road To Peppa Pig 33:37

1+ y ago33:37

33:37

"I asked him whether he thought he was going to die.” What was going on behind closed doors when it looked like Boris was close to the edge? Guto Harri, a trusted advisor to then PM Boris Johnson explains his account of what went on behind the shiny black door of No.10 Downing Street. By the time Guto arrived, COVID had ravaged the UK, thousands ha…

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3. Clusterf**k 32:54

1+ y ago32:54

32:54

"There's only one word that describes the parties held at number 10 during lockdown. It's not Partygate; its Clusterf**k" Guto Harri, a trusted advisor to then PM Boris Johnson explains his account of what went on behind the shiny black door of No.10 Downing Street. As the evidence against the PM mounted and the country's love/hate relationship wit…

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2. Conflict, chaos and another c**t 31:04

1+ y ago31:04

31:04

February 24th, 2022. The unthinkable happens. Guto Harri is woken by a call from the Military Attaché explaining that Russia has just invaded Ukraine. Within a matter of minutes Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy are on the call. "Are you ok? Do you have good people around you?" Boris asks. "I'm fine. But …

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1. "An Orgy of Pain" 36:18

1+ y ago36:18

36:18

Boris Johnson could have been one of the most successful politicians of our time, but the shortcuts he took to get to Downing Street set him up to fail. In this episode, the rise of Boris and the mess he got himself into. Hear what he really thinks of Rishi Sunak, Sue Gray and his own MPs. Guto Harri was Boris Johnson’s Communication Chief during o…

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Unprecedented - Trailer 3:46

1+ y ago3:46

3:46

Brexit, Covid, Partygate, lockdowns, leaks, the war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis and the scandals that plagued our politics. Guto Harri was in the room when the big decisions were made. In this podcast, expect unprecedented access behind the shiny black door of Number 10 Downing Street, during one of the most chaotic periods in British polit…

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Episode 8: test 009 6:05

1+ y ago6:05

6:05

testing

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Episode 4: decibles 2:52

2y ago2:52

2:52

nagin

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Episode 3: Sucide Sheep 4:10

2y ago4:10

4:10

mandarin trap beat

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Episode 2: zenguine 6:28

2y ago6:28

6:28

live studio jam.

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Episode 1: sonogram 0:35

2y ago0:35

0:35

promotional video

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Episode 5: tetrameth 1:26:55

2y ago1:26:55

1:26:55

Goa Re union .

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Episode 4: Buddha Bar 3:55

2y ago3:55

3:55

Meditation

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Episode 3: Ions 5:10

2y ago5:10

5:10

Fly the coup .

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Episode 2: F bulb 3:58

2y ago3:58

3:58

Flashbulb

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Episode 1: Solitude 0:12

2y ago0:12

0:12

For people who enjoy solitude.

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Alice Lyons : Positivity in mental wellbeing, anxiety overload & being more that your mentality 52:16

3y ago52:16

52:16

Today I speak to Alice Lyons founder of Dark Coffee a wellbeing and mental health coaching company that delivers mental health, wellbeing and personal development training to help people feel more badass in business. Dark Coffee has worked with the likes of Natwest all the way through to SME's combining an energising delivery style with practical s…

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Jessica Jackson : Seed Investment, gaming & 'sectrums' 34:20

3+ y ago34:20

34:20

On today's episode Jessica Jackson, Head Of Investment at GC angels discusses the trials and tribulations of raising money for an early stage start up. The road to success is a hard one and if you're not careful with equity, contracts and cash you may be setting yourself up for a big hit - like I did back in the day. Tune in to learn more about how…

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Naomi Sadé : Inclusivity in beauty, spirituality & manifestation. 35:41

3+ y ago35:41

35:41

On today's episode Naomi Sadé the founder of Naomi Sadé London, Makeup Artist turned Entrepreneur discusses her frustration as a young woman of colour in the beauty industry as well as her strength from past trauma, the power of the Universe and how Naomi Sadé London's commitment to inclusivity goes beyond race and into personal lifestyle choices. …

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Stonewall, Boris's Extension & puppy frustrations 11:44

3+ y ago11:44

11:44

Talking about what's gone on this week and the importance of the Stonewall Riots for Gay History. All Stonewall information was found here: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/key-dates-lesbian-gay-bi-and-trans-equality https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48796870 To donate to Stonewall : https://www.stonewall.org.uk/support-stonewall…

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