Talking Postgres is a podcast for developers who love Postgres. Guests join Claire Giordano each month to discuss the human side of PostgreSQL, databases, and open source. With amazing guests such as Boriss Mejías, Melanie Plageman, Tom Lane, Simon Willison, Robert Haas, and Andres Freund, Talking Postgres is guaranteed to get you thinking. Recorded live on Discord by the Postgres team at Microsoft, you can subscribe to our calendar to join us live on the parallel text chat (which is quite fun!): https://aka.ms/TalkingPostgres-cal

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Talking Postgres is a podcast for developers who love Postgres. Guests join Claire Giordano each month to discuss the human side of PostgreSQL, databases, and open source. With amazing guests such as Boriss Mejías, Melanie Plageman, Tom Lane, Simon Willison, Robert Haas, and Andres Freund, Talking Postgres is guaranteed to get you thinking. Recorded live on Discord by the Postgres team at Microsoft, you can subscribe to our calendar to join us live on the parallel text chat (which is quite fun!): https://aka.ms/TalkingPostgres-cal
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Recent Episodes

June 12, 2026
How I got started running a Postgres user group with Jeremy Schneider
Claire Giordano interviews Postgres engineer Jeremy Schneider about his journey from Oracle to Postgres and how to start a user group.

May 8, 2026
From MemSQL to HorizonDB, an engineer's journey with Adam Prout
Claire Giordano interviews Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Adam Prout about his engineering journey and the development of Azure HorizonDB.

April 10, 2026
How I went from Oracle to Postgres (with a big NoSQL detour) with Gwen Shapira
<p>It’s rare for developers to genuinely love their database, so why does Postgres earn that kind of loyalty? In Episode 38 of Talking Postgres, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenshapira/">Gwen Shapira</a>, co‑founder of Nile, joins <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/claireg/">Claire</a> to trace her path from operating Oracle at scale, through a long NoSQL chapter, to co‑founding a Postgres company that wasn’t originally meant to be one—after discovering how much Postgres quietly gets right. Gwen shares how she spun up on Postgres after years with other databases (shout-out to the Happiness Hints and a strong sense of curiosity), and why Postgres has made her appreciate Codd. We also touch on blogging as a career catalyst, the upcoming PGConf.dev conference (where a lot of PG20 work gets discussed, and where we’ll celebrate 30 years of Postgres)—and the #1 rule of consulting: it’s always the consultant’s fault.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Previously on Talking Postgres:</strong></p><ul><li>Talking Postgres Ep15: <a href="https://talkingpostgres.com/episodes/my-journey-to-explaining-explain-with-michael-christofides">My Journey to Explaining Explain with Michael Christofides</a></li><li>Talking Postgres Ep24: <a href="https://talkingpostgres.com/episodes/why-mentor-postgres-developers-with-robert-haas">Why mentor Postgres developers with Robert Haas</a></li><li>Talking Postgres Ep30: <a href="https://talkingpostgres.com/episodes/ai-for-data-engineers-with-simon-willison">AI for data engineers with Simon Willison</a></li></ul><p><strong>Links mentioned in this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Gwen’s company: <a href="https://www.thenile.dev/">Nile</a></li><li>Ardent Performance Computing blog: <a href="https://ardentperf.com/happiness-hints/">PostgreSQL Happiness Hints</a></li><li>Book: <a href="https://www.manning.com/books/just-use-postgres">Just Use Postgres!</a> by Denis Magda</li><li>GitHub repo: <a href="https://github.com/HypoPG/hypopg">HypoPG</a></li><li>Wikipedia page: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codd's_12_rules">Codd’s 12 rules</a></li><li>Blog post: <a href="https://www.thenile.dev/blog/transaction-isolation-postgres">Transaction Isolation in Postgres</a>, by Gwen Shapira</li><li>Podcast: <a href="https://postgres.fm/">Postgres.FM</a></li><li>Discord server: <a href="https://discord.gg/bx2G9KWyrY">PostgreSQL Hacking</a> </li></ul><p><strong>Upcoming conferences & talks mentioned</strong>:</p><ul><li>Conference: <a href="https://2026.pgconf.dev/">PGConf.dev 2026</a> on May 19-22 in Vancouver Canada</li><li>Conference Schedule: <a href="https://2026.pgconf.dev/schedule/tuesday">PGConf.dev 2026 schedule</a></li><li>CFP deadline: <a href="https://2026.pgconf.dev/cfp">PGConf.dev Community Discussion Sessions deadline</a> on 14 Apr 2026</li><li>Conference: <a href="https://2026.pgconf.eu/">PGConf EU 2026</a> in Valencia Spain</li><li>LinkedIn post: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7445137219297714176">PGConf.dev 2026 conference t-shirt</a>, celebrating 30 years of Postgres</li><li>POSETTE 2026 talk: <a href="https://posetteconf.com/2026/talks/the-rise-of-postgresql-as-the-everything-database/">The Rise of PostgreSQL as the Everything Database</a>, by Varun Dhawan</li><li>PGConf.dev 2026 Panel: <a href="https://2026.pgconf.dev/session/512">Real-Time Patch Idea Evaluation</a></li><li>PGConf.dev 2026 Roundtable: <a href="https://2026.pgconf.dev/session/637">Unexpected Successes & Epic Failures by PostgreSQL committers</a></li><li>Calendar invite: <a href="https://aka.ms/TalkingPostgres-Ep39-cal">LIVE recording of Ep39 of Talking Postgres to happen on Wed May 06, 2026</a></li></ul>
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