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Major Developments in Postgres Extension Discovery and Distribution


PostgreSQL “extensions” are a big part of what makes this database special. The developers building the core Postgres database are amazing. But many people don’t realize just how …

But many people don’t realize just how much of a “data platform” Postgres is (borrowing this phrase from something Craig Kerstiens recently posted online) and just how decentralized the development is for PostgreSQL’s capabilities. Another Postgres tradition: for many years, the conference called “pgcon” in Ottawa was one of the largest annual in-person gatherings of PG core hackers. Today Postgres database servers are running in every industry, private and public and personal, everywhere from the largest iron in the world to raspberry pi’s and tiny embedded IoT devices.

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