Zalando is hosting our next PostgreSQL Meetup. This event is dedicated to networking and learning opportunities in all possible areas in the PostgreSQL world. Join the PostgreSQL Berlin community to socialize and deepen your knowledge regarding the usage, administration, and development of PostgreSQL.

IMPORTANT:

• Registration closes at the end of the 27th of February; for organizational reasons we have to finalize the participants’ list on this date.
• Please bring with you a valid id and proof of registration (as example this RSVP on your mobile phone). If you don’t bring an id, we unfortunately will not be able to let you in.
• Pizza and drinks are provided ;)

Agenda

18:30 - doors open: registration\, networking\, and drinks

19:00 - 19:10 - "Introduction to PostgreSQL in Zalando" by Matthias Adler\, new team lead of the "Database as a Service" team in the company

19:15 - 19:45 "PostgreSQL worst practices" by Ilya Kosmodemiansky, CEO of dataegret.com This talk is prepared as a bunch of slides, where each slide describes a really bad way people can screw up their PostgreSQL database and provides a weight - how frequently Ilya saw that kind of problem. Right before the talk Ilya will reshuffle the deck to draw twenty or so random slides and explain to you why such practices are bad and how to avoid running into them.

19:50 - 20:20 "Peculiarities of logical decoding in PostgreSQL " Talk 2: by Polina Bungina, Senior Database Engineer, Zalando SE

Logical decoding was introduced in PostgreSQL 9.4 and has been greatly improved since then. One of the popular use cases of this feature is implementation of the Change Data Capture (CDC) pattern. Although developers are usually eager to adopt this modern approach to make use of all the apparent benefits it brings, my strong belief is that usage of logical decoding in PostgreSQL requires at least a basic understanding of the implementation and should definitely be treated with great care. In this talk I will share the problems we, as Zalando's DBaaS team, dealt with while adopting and maintaining our internal CDC solution based on logical decoding and point you out to the nuances you should always keep in mind when using this technology.

20:20 - Q&A\, networking\, and pizza

22.00 - The End

We are looking forward to you !

Time: 05.03.2024 aka fifth of March 19:00 - 22:00 . Doors open 18:30 Location: Zalando SE BHQ-X https://maps.app.goo.gl/3iudKaCia9Ft4xGt7