Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

Was the xz backdoor discovery and mitigation down to luck? Of course it was — the kind of luck that would have helped absolutely zilch if it weren't for supremely competent people who built, defined, and followed the processes and practices to make exactly that kind of luck useful.

I accidentally found a security issue while benchmarking postgres changes.

If you run debian testing, unstable or some other more "bleeding edge" distribution, I strongly recommend upgrading ASAP.

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

The PostgreSQL Core Team is deeply saddened by the loss of our long-time friend and colleague Simon Riggs on the 26th of March, 2024 [...]

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/remembering-simon-riggs-2830/

#Postgres #PostgreSQL #SimonRiggs #RIP

This is the best pic I have of the late Simon Riggs who passed away yesterday 26 Mar 2024. 💔 Simon's far-reaching influence in the Postgres world changed the course of so many lives. I took this photo when Simon was giving his Postgres keynote at #PGConfEU 2023 last December in Prague. RIP Simon, you will be missed by so many people, whose hearts are broken right now 💔

#SimonRiggs #RIP #Postgres #PostgreSQL

Call for speakers! Are you looking to give a talk at a #PostgreSQL conference?

The #CFP is open for @posetteconf until Sun Apr 7, so submit soon! #PosetteConf is a free & virtual event 📽️ in its 3rd year, brought to you by the #Postgres team at Microsoft

Just wrote this blog post to make sure you have all the details. Boosts much appreciated 🙌 so ppl will discover the CFP.

#OpenSource #community #conference #Microsoft #AzureDBPostgres #Azure #CFS #CitusCon https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/calling-postgres-speakers-posette-cfp-is-open-until-apr-7th-2024/ba-p/4094496

Claire Giordano: Calling Postgres speakers, POSETTE CFP is open until Apr 7th 2024 https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2024/03/22/calling-postgres-speakers-posette-cfp-is-open/
#postgres #postgresql

That didn't take long.
https://codeberg.org/redict/redict

How it started: "This change has zero effect on the Redis core license, which is and will always be licensed under the 3-Clause-BSD."

How it's going: "Beginning today, all future versions of Redis will be released with source-available licenses. Starting with Redis 7.4, Redis will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and Server Side Public License (SSPLv1)."

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #OSS #FOSS #Redis

Last week I went to PgDay Paris, and it was a great experience. So I wrote this: https://dev.to/bmejias/pgday-paris-postgres-community-cheese-and-wine-1e84 #PostgreSQL @pgDayParis

6th in the lightning talk lineup at
@pgDayParis #pgdayparis 2024 was the awesome
@michristofides of pgMustard who gave a talk titled "BUFFERS by default"

Anyone who knows Michael & his work with #PostgreSQL will not be surprised his talk was about BUFFERS!
#Postgres #database #conference

4th in the @pgDayParis #pgdayparis lightning talk lineup was Chris Ellis!

Chris's #NordicPGDay talk was full of #PostgreSQL tips & feature advice, but this lightning talk was altogether different, about "Electric Elephants" he made in homage to the Slonik (elephant) mascot.

Why oh why did he do this? "I get bored"
#Postgres #OpenSource #database #conference

Last week's
@pgDayParis #pgdayParis was a fun #PostgreSQL learning opportunity. Also: what a hallway track!

Series of posts coming about all of the pgDay Paris 2024 ⚡️ Lightning Talks

1st lightning talk was mine, titled: 🦋 Fighting the Butterflies & giving your first Postgres conference talk
#Postgres #conference #community #database #OpenSource https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgdayparis2024/schedule/session/5425-lightning-talks/

Welp. It's official. #Redis is no longer #OSS

While I wasn't a contributor to the core, I presented on it dozens of times, talked to thousands, and wrote a book about it.

I probably wouldn't have done any of that with that kind of license.

Very disappointed.

If you are a first-time speaker and aren’t sure whether to submit, we encourage you to do so!

🗓️ #CFP will CLOSE on Sunday, April 7, 2024 @ 11:59PM PDT

https://aka.ms/posette-cfp-2024
#PosetteConf

From 1989 to 2019, the richest 1% of families increased their share of total national wealth from 27% to 34%.

At the same time, families in the bottom 50% saw their share drop from 4% to 2%.

When I say trickle-down economics is a hoax, this is what I mean.

The Inaccessibility Cycle

#disability #ableism #accessibility

Postgres is eating the database world, https://medium.com/@fengruohang/postgres-is-eating-the-database-world-157c204dcfc4.

Interesting point of view and facts about Postgres: how it becomes the kernel for databases, à la Linux for OS. It’s fast, robust, reliable, and extensible. It’s the de facto default choice when a new kind of database needs to emerge. All extensions are working together, it’s open source, well documented etc. It’s a powerful database framework.

#postgres #database