The Brazilian PostgreSQL community is gearing up for one of the most anticipated events of the year: PGConf.Brasil 2026. Taking place in the city of Blumenau from September 2 - 4, this year’s conference features no less than 13 sessions by EDB colleagues.

April 8 marked the start of feature freeze for PostgreSQL 19. For anyone unfamiliar with the PostgreSQL development cycle, that means that as of April 8 no new features are accepted for the upcoming major version. From April until the final release in the second part of the year, the community works on beta releases, bug fixes, and documentation. If a major feature isn't ready by the April...

We wrote about the program we run internally for colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL development on this blog before. Last week, a good portion of that group met in-person for the 3rd time. A summary of the topics discussed, patches submitted, and a look ahead to what's next for this group.

Last week, we attended the annual PGConf.dev as a Gold-level sponsor. While most PostgreSQL conferences usually attract users and DBAs, this event draws a strong mix of contributors and community members alike, making it a unique opportunity to get proposals and patches reviewed and to connect across the broader Postgres ecosystem. Our team played a major role behind the scenes. Robert Haas helped...

PGConf.dev is heading to Vancouver, Canada, from May 19–22, bringing together the users, developers, and community organizers driving the future of PostgreSQL. EDB is proud to be a Gold-level sponsor this year, with our own Robert Haas serving as an organizer and Jacob Champion contributing to the Program Committee. Following a highly successful Call for Papers, we’ve put together this preview of the EDB-led sessions you won't want to miss.

Last week, EDB engineers Matheus Alcantara and Euler Taveira attended the ISO/IEC SQL Standards Committee meeting in São Paulo as invited guests, supported remotely by veteran member Peter Eisentraut. The duo compared the collaborative environment to a PostgreSQL "Commitfest," where technical papers are proposed, debated, and refined much like code patches.

It’s been roughly a year since Andrew Dunstan first proposed an internal training program designed to mentor the next generation of PostgreSQL developers. Last week, the inaugural "Developer U" cohort gathered in for their second in-person session. I caught up with the trainers and participants to get the inside scoop on how the program is evolving.

In 2025 we started a program to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. In this post we highlight Florin's journey, a Staff SDE at EDB based in Italy.

In 2025 we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Meet Mark Wong, wearer of many hats.

Earlier this year we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Manni's manager is responsible for his participation in the program. He always assumed that he didn’t have the skills, but taught himself some x86 assembler and C in his spare time, and when it came to apply, she encouraged him to give it a shot.