The PostgreSQL Development Conference 2024 was held earlier this year for the community to nurture the further expansion of PostgreSQL. Fujitsu's OSS team was delighted to give 2 talks in this year's exciting line-up that highlights topics on PostgreSQL development and community growth, featuring stories from users, developers, and community organizers.
Earlier this year, I was in Canada for PGConf 2023, where I talked about the evolution of PostgreSQL from a Berkeley research project to its current status as the most advanced open-source database, and discussed the various changes introduced for PostgreSQL 16, particularly regarding logical replication.
Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres was a proud sponsor of PG Conf India this past month, where over 400 attendees, representing 60 cities, across 10 countries travelled to Bangalore in India. Over three days, guests engaged in training workshops, Lightning Talks, and presentations encapsulating the latest contributions, knowledge sharing, updates, and hot topics in the wider open-source PostgreSQL...
PostgreSQL 15 builds upon the enhancements of earlier versions and takes them to the next level, with several improvements to logical replication, increased sorting performance, and the introduction of the MERGE command. I would like to talk about these features as well as what is under discussion for PostgreSQL 16.