{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano","title":"25 years of contributing to Postgres with Peter Eisentraut","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/735e6bae\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5406,"description":"How does a fix for psql tab completion turn into 25 years of contributing to Postgres? In Episode 43 of Talking Postgres, Peter Eisentraut—PostgreSQL committer, core team member, SQL standards contributor, and Chief Architect of Database Servers at EDB—joins Claire to trace that journey. We dig into how scratch-your-own-itch development drew him in, why “the things you do, people welcome them” kept him coming back, and how Postgres changed as it grew from a small database community into a massive ecosystem where, from the Postgres mailing list perspective, “most of the user base is silent.” Plus: what it feels like when code you commit goes straight to everybody who uses Postgres, and the implications of the EU Cyber Resilience Act.\nPreviously on Talking Postgres:\nTalking Postgres podcast Ep24: Why mentor Postgres developers with Robert Haas\nTalking Postgres podcast Ep26: Open Source Leadership with Bruce Momjian\nTalking Postgres podcast Ep32: The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things with Boriss Mejías\nLinks mentioned in this episode:\nConference: FOSDEM 2027\nLinkedIn: FOSDEM PGDay 2027 announcement\nConference: Prague PostgreSQL Developers Day (P2D2)\nConference: PGDay Lowlands 2026 (the “friendliest” conference)\nConference: PGConf EU 2026 in Valencia on 20-23 Oct\nPGConfEU Conference talk: What does the EU Cyber Resilience Act mean for PostgreSQL and its community\nWikipedia: EU Cyber Resilience Act\nPGConf.dev on LinkedIn: PGConf.dev account\nPGConf.dev conference talk: Committer Review: An Exercise in Paranoia, by Robert Haas\nPostgreSQL.org: Committers\nPostgreSQL mailing list: Postgres 19 release management team\nBlog: Peter Eisentraut Blog\nBlog post: Where are all the PostgreSQL users, by Peter Eisentraut \nPGCA non-profit: PostgreSQL Community Association\nBrett Cannon at PyCon 2014: I came for the language but I stayed for the community \nPlanet PostgreSQL: Blog aggregation feed\nIn this episode, we covered:\n00:00 Intro & music\n02:14 Tinkering with the...","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}