The 16th edition of the EDB Engineering Newsletter is out, now. Some highlights:
1️⃣ Instructions for context engineering a good Claude MD file
2️⃣ Our own Rob Feldman opining on the blog about AI liability
3️⃣ News from our internal #PostgreSQL hacker training
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It’s been about a year since Andrew Dunstan first proposed an internal training program designed to mentor the next generation of #PostgreSQL developers. We caught up with the trainers and participants to get the inside scoop on how the program is evolving: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/develop...
If you already run applications in a #Kubernetes-managed service provided by a hyperscaler but rely on their #DBaaS for your #Postgres database, you can reclaim sovereignty by moving the database into that same K8s cluster with CloudNativePG and #PostgreSQL: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/beyond-...
Next week at the #PostgreSQL Berlin Meetup, Andreas Scherbaum will talk about the investment we put in making sure the innovation Greenplum brought remains available to the community under an #opensource license: www.meetup.com/postgresql-m... @warehousepg.bsky.social
If your database vendor is nudging you toward a cloud you cannot (or will not) use, it’s time to reclaim your sovereignty. The solution isn't just a different database; it’s the powerhouse combination of EDB Postgres® AI and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/soverei...
The changes in VMware pricing models, SKU consolidation, and mandatory subscription are catalysts for a fundamental rethink of the entire software stack. Find out why now is the best time for database modernization: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/beyond-...
One persistent operational hurdle has slowed the adoption of AI in Kubernetes: the tension between powerful extensibility and strict immutability. Learn how a foundational breakthrough in the upcoming PostgreSQL 18 and EDB Postgres® AI releases resolves this: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/end-mon...
As AI systems become more autonomous, we are forced to confront a foundational question: When the machine makes the call, who holds the liability?
Our Chief Legal Officer answers that question, on the blog: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/digital...
Craig Ringer and Xavier Fischer noticed users struggling with building #PostgreSQL extensions with #VisualStudio and set to writing a tutorial showing how to compile a sample extension with Visual Studio 2026 Community edition: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/compili...
We have secured a speaking slot at #CloudNativeRejekts in Amsterdam, just ahead of #KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Gabriele Fedi and John Long will talk about "Solving Operator Extensibility: A gRPC Plugin Framework for Kubernetes" cloud-native.rejekts.io @rejekts.io #Kubernetes #PostgreSQL
Several colleagues secured sessions at #SCALE:
1️⃣ Bruce Momjian - The Wonderful World of WAL
2️⃣ Sharif Shaker - Extending Cloud-Native Postgres with CNPG-I Plugins
3️⃣ Devrim Gunduz, Mark Wong - #PostgreSQL Ask Me Anything
4️⃣ Devrim Gunduz - PostgreSQL Hands-On Training
www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x
Nordic PGDay, taking place March 24, in Helsinki, will feature 2 sessions by EDB colleagues. Yogesh Jain will present "Building Real-Time, Data-Aware Intelligence with Postgres & Model Context Protocol (MCP)", and Gianni Ciolli will detail "Why Postgres Won": 2026.nordicpgday.org #PostgreSQL
At #ContainerDays London? Make sure to join EDB Cloud Engineer Ed Crewe for his session on "gRPC Transcoding: Designing One API for gRPC and REST", later today! www.containerdays.io/containerday...
Senior Product Marketing Manager at EDB Kim Kaluba says that when a single corporation controls an open-source offering, innovation often becomes a byproduct of corporate priority rather than community need.
Read on for a #MySQL vs #PostgreSQL show-down: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/overcom...
Senior Software Developer at EDB and PostgreSQL Major Contributor Mark Wong wrote on the blog how to use AddressSanitizer with the #PostgreSQL regression tests: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/stack-b...
When AI systems are dependable, fair, and explainable, organizations can innovate confidently while protecting their reputation and stakeholders.
We wrote about AI #governance, on the blog: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/what-is...
Understanding how data changes over time, businesses can detect patterns, forecast outcomes, and respond more effectively to real-world events.
Find out how EDB Postgres AI simplifies #timeseries data management: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/what-is... #PostgreSQL
MariaDB or PostgreSQL? Both are open-source legends, but they aren't interchangeable. For #MySQL compatibility and straightforward setup, #MariaDB is your go-to. For future-ready architecture & complex, mission-critical workloads, #PostgreSQL is more robust: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/mariadb...
Standing in front of a picture of CERN: Bruce Momjian, Cyrille Sauvain, Markus Wanner, and Jonathan Battiato, all wearing conference badges.
Several colleagues are at #CERN PGDay today, our own Markus Wanner is one of the organizers. Say hi when you meet Bruce, Cyrill, or Jonathan! #PostgreSQL
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Last week, #OpenAI detailed their design of scaling a single-primary #PostgreSQL instance to support 800M users. #MariaDB claims they could do a better job. We know OpenAI should really go with Active-Active Postgres & EDB Postgres Distributed: www.enterprisedb.com/blog/why-ope...
Our @devrim.gunduz.org is celebrating 15 years at EDB (and even more years in #PostgreSQL) this week 🎉
Devrim frequently represents EDB at events, evidenced by this picture taken by Tomas Vondra at FOSDEM PGDay last week:
Yesterday Miles Richardson had a talk at the Snowflake OSS meetup on "Bringing Postgres to the Lakehouse", or our Analytics Accelerator (PGAA), and @warehousepg@fosstodon.org
Slides: www.canva.com/design/DAHAR...
Demo: github.com/milesrichard...
#PostgreSQL
We had an amazing time at #FOSDEM, learning and presenting. Just a few photo impressions:
The Barman team released v3.17: www.postgresql.org/about/news/b...
This release focuses on operational flexibility for disabled servers, compliance improvements for S3 storage, and important deprecation notices regarding compression 🎉
#PostgreSQL @pgbarman.bsky.social
At @praguepgdevday.bsky.social Bruce Momjian delivered an all-new talk titled "What's missing in Postgres?": momjian.us/main/present...
Bruce: "One thing I learned in writing the talk is that the majority of our missing features are performance-related, rather than functionality-related!"
EDB group photo: Jonathan Gonzalez, Floor Drees, Boriss Mejias, Devrim Gunduz, Jonathan Battiato, Loreta Ozolina, Peter Eisentraut, Andreas Scherbaum, Bruce Momjian, Alvaro Herrera
Jonathan Battiato in front of his slides, presentation
Devrim Gunduz in front of a large audience for his lightning talk
Floor Drees and Jonathan Gonzalez on stage in front of a seated audience for their lightning talk
We have quite a few team members in Brussels for FOSDEM PGDay and #FOSDEM. Up in half an hour: Bruce Momjian exploring "what's missing in Postgres?", but we were already on stage a bunch (not just to take the group photo)! @fosdempgday.org @fosdem.org
The 15th edition of the EDB Engineering Newsletter is out: edbeng.substack.com/p/edb-engine...
We look at the proliferation of vibe citing in academic research, break down code contributions to #PostgreSQL with Robert Haas, and we announce a new PostgreSQL extension for GPU acceleration 🚀
Bruce Momjian presenting to an auditorium at P2D2
Jonathan Battiato, Danish Khan, Pinaz Raut, Markus Wanner, and Bruce Momjian, behind the EDB Postgres AI booth filled with swag.
Jonathan Battiato pointing at his slide. People sit in classroom setting facing Jonathan so we only see their backs and an occassional laptop screen.
We're having great conversations at P2D2! Did you join Bruce Momjian's presentation on what's missing in #PostgreSQL? How about the workshop on @cloudnativepg.bsky.social by Jonathan Battiato and Danish Khan?
Come find us at our booth at @praguepgdevday.bsky.social 👋
#KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026 takes place 23-26 March at the RAI in Amsterdam 🌷
EDB is joining as a Silver level sponsor and we secured sessions at the main conference as well as at co-located events. See you in Amsterdam this year? www.enterprisedb.com/event/kubeco...
