NYLUG Presents: Jim Mlodgenski and Jonathan S. Katz, Intro to PostgreSQL (Nov 24, 2014)
Channel: NYLUG
Date: 26/08/2015

Created in 1985, open-sourced in 1996, and still revolutionizing the data world in 2014, PostgreSQL (or "Postgres" for ease of pronunciation) has gone from being the "best-kept secret" in the relational database world to the "default choice."

So what makes PostgreSQL special?  What does it do well?  What does it not do well?  How well does it actually perform?  What does the future hold for PostgreSQL and its community?  Join Jonathan S. Katz & Jim Mlodgenski as they provide an overview of PostgreSQL, with information such as:

        * Key Features that make PostgreSQL easy-to-use, such as:
                * Data Types
                * Indexing
                * Things you had no idea a database could do
        * PostgreSQL Performance Metrics and Debunking "Slow Performance" Myths
        * Extensibility
        * PostgreSQL Tools
        * The Future (or at least the future of PostgreSQL)

Links:

http://www.postgresql.org/ - Postgres homepage

Speaker Bio:
Jonathan S. Katz is CTO of VenueBook, a Director of the United States PostgreSQL Association, a co-organizer of the New York City PostgreSQL User Group, and co-chair of PGConf US 2015.  He focuses on advocacy in the PostgreSQL community and speaks on a range of PostgreSQL-related topics (including range types!) at conference throughout the world.

Jim Mlodgenski is the CTO of OpenSCG, a Director of the United States PostgreSQL Association, a co-organizer of the New York City PostgreSQL User Group and the Philly PostgreSQL User Group, and co-chair of PGConf US 2015.  Jim has been working with PostgreSQL for over 10 years, including being Chief Architect at EnterpriseDB, and co-authored the book "PostgreSQL Server Programming."