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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 28/09/2026

🗽 Excited to be in New York this week to work with teammates at @auraframes.bsky.social and present at @pgsummitus.bsky.social on Thursday. Let‘s connect! bsky.app/profile/pgsu...

Selfie of Andrew Atkinson in NYC at LGA airport

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 23/09/2026

Couldn‘t take the heat so had to get out of the Austin. 😬 Back in sunny and 65F Minneapolis.

Minneapolis downtown looking north from the air with 35W in foreground

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 04/06/2026

Humanizing Keynote from Robert Haas at PG Data 2026. It’s about the people. They’re doing hard work. It’s a huge global community. Still need more contributors! Good messages. #pgdata2026 #postgres

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 03/06/2026

And when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it. #pgdata #pgdata2026

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 01/06/2026

Hope to see you at PG DATA 2026 in Chicago this Thursday! We'll go through a workshop in 3 parts covering Postgres query performance, index design, schema management, working with multiple databases, and more! Late registration? Code "ATKINSON50" takes 50% off 2026.pg-data.org

Trainings and SQL Performance at PG Data 2026 in Chicago with Andrew Atkinson promotional graphic

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 19/03/2026

What could the mysterious missing feature #10 be in the Aurora Postgres 18.1 Preview?! 😂 docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/la...

Feature list of features missing in Aurora Postgres 18.1 Preview on AWS with feature #10 being empty

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 19/02/2026

High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails picked up a new 5-star review and is back to #1 in the Ruby Programming category on Amazon. Thank you readers! 💙 @pragprog.com a.co/d/0e61DsQX

Book sales page for High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails on Amazon showing the book in the #1 position for the Ruby programming category

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 06/12/2025

Thanks to buyers over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the save50 promo, and BFCM. Great to see High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails back in the best sellers list! @pragprog.com

High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails book best seller for the holiday week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday Cyber Monday 2025

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 03/10/2025

Wow, High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails has the best ranking ever on Amazon right now. #1 Ruby "Best Seller" badge #3 Database Storage & Design #56 Databases & Big Data #71,948 All books Maybe it's the PostgreSQL 18 release or @pgconfnyc.bsky.social driving it? Fun! a.co/d/bkVZPeo

Amazon ranking positions for book High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 01/10/2025

❄️🥶 Melanie Plageman presenting on advancements in vacuum freeze in Postgres 18 @pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql

Melanie Plageman presenting what’s new in vacuum freeze in Postgres 18

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 01/10/2025

Shane Borden presenting on my favorite database topics — index design and performance optimization @pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 30/09/2025

Great to see Robert Treat honored as Volunteer of the Year at PG Conf NYC 2025. Well deserved! @pgconfnyc.bsky.social

Robert Treat on stage winning volunteer of the year PG Conf NYC

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 29/09/2025

First time finding a local Pickleball open play while traveling. Found a City Pickle Wollman Rink slot this morning before the conference. 🏙️ Hard to beat the Central Park NYC skyline views.

Andrew City Pickle Central Park Wollman Rink

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 10/07/2025

Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com giving us a history of deploying Rails apps! #RailsConf

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 10/07/2025

Cameron @camertron.bsky.social announcing a new gem Velour he’s releasing at RailsConf 2025. Unintentional “mic drop”! 🎤😉

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 08/07/2025

Excited to be here at RailsConf representing High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails!

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 06/07/2025

Win one of 6 copies being given away for free at #RailsConf of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails. Several ways to win. Join my newsletter at pgrailsbook.com for more details. Come and find me at 10:30 AM for “Meet the Authors” on Day 1, Tues July 8. Or attend my talk at 4:15PM. See you soon!

Book pictures High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 18/04/2025

Honored to present at the final RailsConf! 🎉 In this talk, we’ll bridge the gap between the worlds of ORM app code and relational DBs, learning about costly database performance mistakes, how to avoid them, and how to fix them, for great UX and DX. Hope to see you there! #railsconf #railsconf2025

Promotional graphic for talk titled 10 Costly Database Performance Mistakes (and How to Fix Them) by Andrew Atkinson for RailsConf 2025, with some conference theme graphics and a picture of the presenter

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 09/01/2025

Got a surprise in the mail! Honored to have received a PostgreSQL 17 contributor coin!

PostgreSQL 17 contributor coin in package with accompanying note

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 20/12/2024

🤑 If you were considering picking up a copy of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails on Amazon, this is the lowest price I’ve seen for it at $52. And if you buy two, one is 50% off! A gift idea for you and your favorite programmer? 🎁🤓 a.co/d/5onKYUe

Screenshot of book High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails on Amazon.com on a sale price

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 26/10/2024

🎉 Back to #1 spot on Amazon in the Ruby Programming category, after dropping to around 30. There’s an active promo as well. 50% off 2nd copy when buying 2. Maybe one for you and one for a special friend? 😄 Check reply for additional discount.

Book cover on Amazon of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 01/10/2024

#1 in Ruby programming, top 80 all databases books, top 80k of all books on Amazon among millions. Alright! Thank you very much to readers!

Book page rankings by category on Amazon

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 16/09/2024

Work with Postgres? Attending #RailsWorld next week? Enter the book giveaways contest below for the chance to win one of 5 paperback copies of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails. @pragprog.bsky.social Not attending? You’re still eligible for one of 3 ebooks! 👉 andyatkinson.com/book-contest

Book cover of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 15/02/2024

💐 Busy spring! Honored and excited to present at Sin City Ruby March 21-22 and PgDay Chicago April 26th. We'll cover 🐘 DB topics for devs. 🏜️ Sin City Ruby 👉 sincityruby.com 🏙️ PgDay Chicago! 👉 2024.pgdaychicago.org 👋 Hope to see you there! #postgresql #rails

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