{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano","title":"How I went from Oracle to Postgres (with a big NoSQL detour) with Gwen Shapira","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/53867288\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3994,"description":"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, Gwen Shapira, co‑founder of Nile, joins Claire 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.\n \nPreviously on Talking Postgres:\nTalking Postgres Ep15: My Journey to Explaining Explain with Michael Christofides\nTalking Postgres Ep24: Why mentor Postgres developers with Robert Haas\nTalking Postgres Ep30: AI for data engineers with Simon Willison\nLinks mentioned in this episode:\nGwen’s company: Nile\nArdent Performance Computing blog: PostgreSQL Happiness Hints\nBook: Just Use Postgres! by Denis Magda\nGitHub repo: HypoPG\nWikipedia page: Codd’s 12 rules\nBlog post: Transaction Isolation in Postgres, by Gwen Shapira\nPodcast: Postgres.FM\nDiscord server: PostgreSQL Hacking \nUpcoming conferences & talks mentioned:\nConference: PGConf.dev 2026 on May 19-22 in Vancouver Canada\nConference Schedule: PGConf.dev 2026 schedule\nCFP deadline: PGConf.dev Community Discussion Sessions deadline on 14 Apr 2026\nConference: PGConf EU 2026 in Valencia Spain\nLinkedIn post: PGConf.dev 2026 conference t-shirt, celebrating 30 years of Postgres\nPOSETTE 2026 talk: The Rise of PostgreSQL as the Everything Database, by Varun Dhawan\nPGConf.dev 2026 Panel: Real-Time Patch Idea Evaluation\nPGConf.dev 2026 Roundtable: Unexpected Successes & Epic Failures by PostgreSQL committers...","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}