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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 07/10/2026

It's that time of year—to save the date for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres, a free & virtual developer event organized by the Postgres team at Microsoft, in partnership with AMD. 🗓️ Save the date! 🗓️ POSETTE 2027 will take place on 30 & 31 March 2027 posetteconf.com

ephant holding a sign that says: Save the Date 30 & 31 March 2027, along with the name of the conference which is POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2027. Logos for the organizers are in the bottom left where it says "Brought to you by Microsoft & AMD"

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep43 is out! With guest Peter Eisentraut, a PostgreSQL committer & longtime contributor Ft: Commodore 64, psql tab completion, SQL standard, Cyber Resilience Act, trademarks & more Listen here: 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/25-... 📺 youtu.be/qQ3FG5-D92g?...

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep42 is out! With guest Simon Willison @simonwillison.net—an open source developer & creator of Datasette—on how AI is changing software development. We covered a LOT of fun territory. Listen here: 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/how... 📺 youtu.be/IrHaLMO96jg?...

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Aaron Wislang 🇨🇦 @aaronw.dev · 12/08/2026

Microsoft Open Source Discord - Upcoming Events (github.com/microsoft/op... ): - August 12, 2026 @ 10:00am PT: Talking Postgres: How AI is changing software development with Simon Willison (E42)

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep41 is out! With guest Panagiotis “Panos” Antonopoulos, distinguished engineer at Microsoft, on what it’s like to work on PostgreSQL after 13 years on SQL Server 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wor... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jAA...

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🎙️ New #TalkingPostgres podcast Ep40 is out! Jeremy Schneider talked user groups & co-organizing the Seattle Postgres User Group. Also: Happiness Hints, Oracle to Postgres transitions, & why "it’s like I was born to be here" 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/how... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRod...

Jeremy Schneider in big bold letters plus a photo of Jeremy wearing a bright green jacket and an enigmatic smile, plus the Talking Postgres podcast thumbnail

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Just hit publish on the 2026 edition of the annual "What’s new with Postgres at Microsoft" blog post. ✍️ 🎉 Every year we pull together a useful overview of the Postgres workstreams at Microsoft. This year, wow, there was a lot. 💥 ➡️ Read the post here: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...

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What's new with Postgres at Microsoft, 2026 edition | Microsoft Community Hub

The 2026 edition of an annual blog post that shares Postgres work at Microsoft in open source, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, & Azure HorizonDB.

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

PostgreSQL people, I hope you're planning to tune into @posetteconf.com (free & virtual) on 16-18 June & this new "ultimate guide" blog post should help you figure out which of the 44 talks & 4 livestreams are for you. Hope to see you on Discord! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...

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Ultimate Guide to POSETTE: An Event for Postgres, 2026 edition | Microsoft Community Hub

POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026 is back for its 5th year: free, virtual, and unapologetically all about Postgres. No travel budget required and no jet...

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep39 is out! Adam Prout, distinguished engineer at Microsoft, talked about his engineering journey from MemSQL to HorizonDB, shared-storage in Postgres, & why good systems programmers are paranoid 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/fro... 📺 youtu.be/L_2kyfL9LN0?...

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Aaron Wislang 🇨🇦 @aaronw.dev · 06/05/2026

Join us today at 10am PT for Talking Postgres E39: From MemSQL to HorizonDB, an engineer's journey with Adam Prout (Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft) 🎙️ 🎧 🐘 #TalkingPostgres

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep38 is out! Gwen Shapira @gwenshap.bsky.social (co‑founder at Nile) joined to talk about her journey with Oracle, NoSQL, & Postgres. Tip: if you're arguing with a customer, you've already lost 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/how... 📺 youtu.be/g4NqAf7w-0I?...

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 23/03/2026

Chris Ellis of Nexteam is speaking at POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026 about PostgreSQL Design Patterns You can watch in Livestream 1 on Tue Jun 16. Register for updates now: posetteconf.com/2026/talks/p... #PosetteConf

Promotional graphic for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026. Session titled ‘PostgreSQL Design Patterns.’ Speaker name Chris Ellis is shown. Hosted by Microsoft. June 16–18, 2026. posetteconf.com.

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep37 is out! Charles Feddersen, partner director of product for Postgres on Azure, joined me to talk about building Postgres services on Azure, his views on PM work, & his transition to Postgres 🐘 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui... 📺 youtu.be/L_2kyfL9LN0?...

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Gwen Shapira @gwenshap.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I'm so excited to go on Talking Postgres! One of my fav podcasts! I'll chat about my journey to found Nile and discover Postgres. The podcast has a Discord channel where fans discuss the episode as it is recorded. If you want to join ua live, let me know and I'll send you an invite.

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 05/03/2026

Our first keynote for POSETTE 2026 is “Driving Postgres forward at Microsoft” with Affan Dar & Charles Feddersen. Join us as they share their vision for Postgres in the cloud & as open source contributors in Livestream 1 on Tue Jun 16. Register now posetteconf.com/2026/talks/d... #PosetteConf

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

My former Citus teammate Sumedh Pathak is back at Microsoft, leading our PostgreSQL open source contributors team! And he just wrote his 1st blog post on Microsoft TechCommunity about the upcoming @pgconfindia.bsky.social event (which I am also going to) techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...

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Microsoft at PGConf India 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub

I’m genuinely excited about PGConf India 2026. Over the past few editions, the conference has continued to grow year over year—both in size and in impact—and...

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep36 is out! Tomas Vondra, Postgres committer & long-time performance contributor, missed out on the Czechia/Canada hockey game 🏒 to talk about why it's fun to hack on Postgres performance 🐘 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/why... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7M...

Bio pic for Tomas Vondra, Postgres committer and major contributor, along with his name in big letters and the podcast thumbnail for Talking Postgres

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 20/02/2026

👀 Get a first look at the amazing speakers for POSETTE 2026. Meet these fabulous folks from across the PostgreSQL ecosystem on our Speakers page that just dropped at posetteconf.com/2026/speakers/. Keynotes and full schedule coming soon. 🎉

POSETTE 2026 promotional image showing an elephant illustration alongside text reading “Speaker Drop” and “Find out who is speaking at POSETTE 2026,” branded as POSETTE: An Event for Postgres.

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Hey Postgres friends: On Wed 18 Feb at 10am PT, I'll host a LIVE recording of Ep36 of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast w/guest Tomas Vondra, a PostgreSQL hacker at Microsoft Topic: Why it's fun to hack on Postgres performance Join to be part of the live text chat on Discord aka.ms/TalkingPostg...

Bio pics of Talking Postgres podcast guest Tomas Vondra and host Claire Giordano, along with the date and title of the live recording for Ep36, titled "Why it's fun to hack on Postgres performance"

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 31/01/2026

1️⃣ more day until the CFP for POSETTE 2026 closes on Sunday, Feb 1 @ 11:59pm PST. 💥 Don’t miss your chance to contribute your story to the PostgreSQL community. Our talk selection team is standing by to review your talk proposal. 🎯 posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/

Graphic showing POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026. Text: ‘CFP is Open. Submit by Feb 01, 2026.’ Countdown display reads “1 Days Remaining”

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

On my way to @fosdem.org and @fosdempgday.org & am really looking forward to reconnecting with open source and Postgres database friends. This time, transiting through LHR. Am wearing sunglasses because I am a huge fan of the Timeshifter app, an absolute gamechanger for me in combating jetlag!

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Andy Randall @ahrkrak.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

SELECT * FROM great_talk_ideas WHERE conference_name = 'POSETTE' AND submitted_date <= '2026-02-01' AND submitter_name = :yourname; -- only YOU can ensure this doesn't return an empty result set!!

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Varun Dhawan @ivarund.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Nice episode from @clairegiordano.bsky.social with Luigi Nardi - enjoyed hearing the #DBtune story and why they went with Postgres. 🎙️

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep35 is out! Luigi Nardi, the founder of an automated database tuning startup, joined to dig into how he got started with DBtune & why they chose Postgres 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/how... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rtk...

Smiling bio pic of Luigi Nardi of DBtune, along with the thumbnail and elephant mascot for Talking Postgres podcast

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 09/01/2026

💥 Want your talk proposal to stand out? Start with the speaker resources for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres —including practical guidance about how to get your talk selected. POSETTE runs Jun 16-18, but the CFP closes Feb. 1. ⏰ Learn more: posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/#sp...

Graphic for POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2026. Text reads ‘CFP is Open. Submit by Feb 01, 2026.’ Image shows an elephant next to a whiteboard with arrows and notes: Postgres, Tools, Extensions, Community, and ‘This could be you.’”

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

On Wed Jan 14 @ 10am PST, we'll record Ep35 of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast LIVE, with guest Luigi Nardi of DBtune. Join to be part of the parallel text chat! Topic: How I got started with DBtune (& why we chose Postgres) Cal invite w/ instructions on how to join Discord aka.ms/talkingpostg...

Bio pics of Talking Postgres podcast guest Luigi Nardi and host Claire Giordano along with title for Episode 35: "How I got started with DBtune (& why we chose Postgres)"

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 06/01/2026

🎉 New year, new goals! Resolve to share your Postgres insights at POSETTE: An Event for Postgres (Jun 16-18). The CFP is open—submit your talk by Feb 1, 2026. ⏰ Learn more - posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/ #posetteconf

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep34 is out! Postgres committer & major contributor Melanie Plageman of Microsoft joined to dig into what developers & the community will get out of @pgconf.dev (CFP will close on Jan 16) 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHs1...

Smiling photo of Talking Postgres podcast guest from Ep34, Melanie Plageman from Microsoft who is a Postgres committer and major contributor

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 11/12/2025

👋 Introducing the talk selection team for POSETTE: An Event for #Postgres 2026: @clairegiordano, Daniel Gustafsson, Divya Bhargov, & @melanieplageman. They're anxiously awaiting your proposals. Submissions open 'til Feb 1 @ 11:59pm. ⏰ Get started: posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/ #cfp #posetteconf

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Happening Wed Dec 10 at 10:00a PST, a LIVE recording of the #TalkingPostgres #podcast on Discord Guest: Karen Jex @karenhjex.bsky.social Topic: How I got started as a DBA (& in Postgres) Join us to be part of the parallel text chat! Cal invite w/ details on how to join: aka.ms/TalkingPostg...

Bio pics of podcast guest Karen Jex and Talking Postgres host Claire Giordano along with date and time of the LIVE recording of Ep34 of this podcast, happening on Discord: Wed Dec 10th at 10:00am PST. Ep34 title also is listed: "How I got started as a DBA (& in Postgres)"

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Just learned about @pyladiescon.bsky.social —happening virtually on Fri & Sat Dec 5-6 @bajoran.engineer is one of the keynoters! Dingding Lu + Gauri Kasar from the Postgres team on Azure are teaching a Postgres workshop about agentic AI & GraphRAG (Sat Dec 6 @ 10am PT) pretalx.com/pyladiescon-...

PyLadiesCon 2025 poster with bio pics of Gauri Kasar and Dingding Lu from MIcrosoft, along with the title of their 1.5 hour workshop: "Build Agentic AI with Semantic Kernel and GraphRAG on PostgreSQL"

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POSETTE: An Event for Postgres @posetteconf.com · 12/11/2025

📣 Have a PostgreSQL insight to share? The call for proposals (CFP) for POSETTE: An Event for POSETTE 2026 is OPEN! 🎉 * Free & virtual * June 16–18, 2026 * Organized by the #PostgreSQL team at Microsoft Submit by Feb 1, 2026 → posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/ #PosetteConf #Postgres #CFP

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep33 is out! Microsoft engineer Rob Emanuele joined to discuss building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code @vscode.dev + geospatial queries, guitar busking, creativity & agentic coding 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui... 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuF...

Bio pic for Rob Emanuele the Ep33 podcast guest on Talking Postgres (where he talks about building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code)

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Happening on Wed 5 Nov at 10am PST, a LIVE recording of Ep33 of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast with guest Rob Emanuele, to talk about "Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code" Join us on Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat: aka.ms/TalkingPostg...

Bio pics for guest Rob Emanuele and host Claire Giordano for Ep 33 of the Talking Postgres podcast, about "Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code", which will be recorded LIVE on Wed Nov 5th at 10:00am PST

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Just published my take on @pgconf.eu & the TL;dr is that it was a wonderful PostgreSQL conference. But the trip report / blog post explains more about what kind of wonderful exactly (and includes lots of photos) Enjoy! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...

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Postgres Trip Summary from PGConf EU 2025 (with lots of photos) | Microsoft Community Hub

Overview of my experience as a Postgres speaker, as a Microsoft sponsor, & happy attendee at PGConf EU 2025, with lots of photographs.

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sarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 02/11/2025

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

On my way to my 6th @pgconf.eu — this time in Riga ‼️ So excited to see #PostgreSQL people 🐘 & attend all these great talks. If you are there, come say hello at the Microsoft stand 👋

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Andrew Atkinson @andyatkinson.com · 15/10/2025

So cool to see "High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails" listed on the official PostgreSQL books wiki page. Thank you to @clairegiordano.bsky.social for the encouragement and help making that happen. Check it out 👉 www.postgresql.org/docs/books/

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PostgreSQL: Books

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EDB @edbpostgres.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

For @talkingpostgres.com @clairegiordano.bsky.social talked to Global Solutions Architect @tchorix.bsky.social about his marvelous brain, and ability to make connections that help people understand complex systems: talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the... Boriss wrote a blog too: dev.to/bmejias/how-...

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How I Learned to Embrace my Chaotic Brain

More than a decade ago, I applied for a job in Brussels and part of the process was to pass a...

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tchorix.bsky.social @tchorix.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I had a lot of fun talking to you Claire Giordano. Thanks for the invitation. I also wrote something about what inspired this topic dev.to/bmejias/how-... I hope the episode is useful to #PostgreSQL folks and anyone actually.

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep32 just published Boriss Mejías @tchorix.bsky.social explored the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things as a methodology for working with Postgres—& we connected lots of dots 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the... 📺 youtu.be/S63usJYcw-k?...

Pic of Postgres solution architect Boriss Mejías on stage at PGDay Lowlands 2024, along with his name in bigger letters and the Talking Postgres podcast thumbnail

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Claire Giordano ✨ @clairegiordano.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Last week a lot of #PostgreSQL people had a wonderful time @pgconfnyc.bsky.social in NYC So I was inspired to write this post & share the PGConf NYC experience—with lots of photos 📸 of friends/teammates And to answer this Q: Why do ppl go to PGConf NYC? techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...

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Postgres Trip Report from PGConf NYC 2025 (with lots of photos) | Microsoft Community Hub

Overview of my Postgres speaker, sponsor, & attendee experience at PGConf NYC 2025, with quotes from attendees, talk highlights, and lots of photographs.

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