{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano","title":"How I got started in Postgres with Magnus Hagander","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/16b3fcbf\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5226,"description":"Magnus Hagander’s lucky break with Postgres: getting to have his job be his hobby, and his hobby be his job. In Episode 45 of Talking Postgres, Magnus—PostgreSQL committer, core team member, chair of PostgreSQL Europe, and longtime PGConf.EU organizer—walks Claire through how he got started in Postgres in the late 90s. We dig into porting the Postgres database server to Windows across three time zones, being told the project was doomed unless it moved to SourceForge (ha!), and why it’s harder to become a Postgres committer today. Of course we talk about the conferences he helps run: PGConf.EU, Nordic PGDay, and FOSDEM PGDay 2027. Plus: his first patch (one line, and it doesn’t carry his name) and why you shouldn’t have an AI agent write your patch. \nPreviously on Talking Postgres:\nTalking Postgres podcast Ep20: How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with Tom Lane\nTalking Postgres podcast Ep19: Becoming a Postgres committer with Melanie Plageman\n\nLinks mentioned in this episode:\nEvent: PostgreSQL Anniversary Summit, in Toronto on 8-9 Jul 2006\nPGConf.dev 2025 talk: postgresql.org: The hidden parts, by Magnus Hagander\nFOSDEM PGDay 2026 talk slide: Who serves on the Postgres sysadmin team, by Claire Giordano\nBoard of Directors: PostgreSQL Europe non-profit\nKeynote at the first POSETTE (then called Citus Con): PostgreSQL—more relevant than ever, by Magnus Hagander\nPostgreSQL mailing list: Tom Lane’s 2006 email on the name PostgreSQL\nDiscord: PostgreSQL Development Discord\nConference: PGConf.EU 2026 in Valencia\nTwo days this time: FOSDEM PGDay 2027, on 28 & 29 Jan 2027\nConference: FOSDEM 2027 in Brussels, on 30 & 31 Jan 2027\nConference: Nordic PGDay 2027 in Stockholm, on 16 Mar 2027\nConference: PGConf.dev 2027 in Montréal, on 11-14 May 2027\nConference: POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2027, happening 30 & 31 Mar 2027\nConference: SCaLE 24x in Pasadena, happening 1-4 Apr 2027\n\nIn this episode, we covered:\n\n00:00 Intro & music\n03:13 The internet showed up\n09:36 A...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/96oK6oMtH0qfumCURmVA4Hg7enGdZ1swehO6BOYsd8w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84OWEw/YmE3ZDQ5MDI3NzA5/MTljZThlODg3N2Qy/M2M1YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}