{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Postgres FM","title":"Why Postgres?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5bd0fb0d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2460,"description":"Nikolay and Michael discuss why they chose Postgres — as users, for their businesses, for their careers, as well as some doubts.\n \nHere are some links to things they mentioned:\nOur episode on why Postgres become popular https://postgres.fm/episodes/why-is-postgres-popular\nDatabase Systems: The Complete Book (by Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeff Ullman, and Jennifer Widom) http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/dscb.html\nOur episode on the Postgres startup ecosystem https://postgres.fm/episodes/postgres-startup-ecosystem\nWill Postgres Live Forever? (talk by Bruce Momjian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYVxWpyaGpA \n\"Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune\" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7qT-C-0ajI\nThe Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (book by Eric S. Raymond) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar \n\n~~~\nWhat did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!\n\n~~~\nPostgres FM is produced by:\nMichael Christofides, founder of pgMustard\nNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai\n\nWith special thanks to:\nJessie Draws for the elephant artwork ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NFbJlGhGV5mzIU1kM0iZ823A69pjZUNX40LszVO5LKI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyMTQ3LzE3MTA3/OTEzODMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}