{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Postgres FM","title":"GSoC B-Tree Merge","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8ed9b667\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2968,"description":"Nik and Michael are joined by Salma El-Sayed and Kirk Wolak to discuss their in-progress and very ambitious Google Summer of Code project around adding Btree Merge support to Postgres.\n \nHere are some links to things they mentioned: \nSalma El-Sayed https://postgres.fm/people/salma-el-sayed\nKirk Wolak https://postgres.fm/people/kirk-wolak\nGoogle Summer of Code https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com\nPostgreSQL GSoC 2026 project ideas https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/GSoC_2026\nCMU Intro to Database Systems https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSE8ODhjZXjYMAgsGH-GtY5rJYZ6zjsd5\nKirk, NIK, and Andrey’s Hacking Postgres sessions on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8y1BNPAKjKDdJA7sDmFWUkbbYux3TRz\nB-tree Index Bloat Reduction - Approach & Questions (Hackers thread, with patches) https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CANBEAPFq3YAOydjUS3xwcUG9L6e3WE5Z4nGPk_Q3RsjSFWTJNA%40mail.gmail.com\nB-tree merge visualizer https://kirkw.github.io/explainers/btree-merge-explainer.html\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 credit 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}