The Cognitive Load of Licensing

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Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to Redgate headquarters in Cambridge, UK. It was my first time traveling to England, being at the main office, and meeting so many coworkers IRL. I had (Gluten free!) fish & chips, a proper English breakfast, and came home with a sampling of traditional English sweets to … Read more

What I Wish I Had Known About PostgreSQL

For PGSQL Phriday #006, Grant Fritchey asked us to think about one of the helpful tidbits that we wish we had known earlier about PostgreSQL as we tried to learn using it effectively. Like myself and so many others, Grant has come to PostgreSQL with years of experience in another database platform, primarily SQL Server. … Read more

PostgreSQL Patch of Interest (to me): Transaction Timeout

This is part of an occasional series of blogs about PostgreSQL commitfest patches. Look at the series intro which also lists some ground rules and expectations for what to expect in my thoughts below. 🐘 Patch title and thread: Transaction Timeout Commitfest at time of review: 2023-03 Status at time of review: Ready for Committer … Read more