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PostgreSQL aficionado Craig Kerstiens joins Jerod to talk about his (and our) favorite relational database. Craig details why Postgres is unique in the world of open source databases, which features are most exciting, the many things you can make Postgres do, and what the future might hold. Oh, and some awesome psql tips & tricks!
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Featuring:
- Craig Kerstiens – Twitter, GitHub, Website
- Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
Show Notes:
- Looking Back at Postgres
- Customizing My Postgres Shell
- ZomboDB
- Postgres Weekly
- Planet PostgreSQL
- pgsql-hackers mailing list
- pgsql-novice mailing list
- PostgreSQL IRC info
- Building a recommendation engine inside Postgres with Python and Pandas
- Craig’s twitter thread of building it
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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