Beyond the Cloud: The Local-First Software Revolution • Brooklyn Zelenka & Julian Wood

Presenters Brooklyn Zelenka Julian Wood Source GOTO podcast The Rise of “Local First”: Reclaiming Your Data and Powering the Future of Apps 🚀 Have you ever felt like your data belongs to you? That your apps should work even when the internet disappears? You’re not alone! A fascinating shift is happening in software development, and it’s called “Local First.” Forget apps that happen to work offline – this is about designing them from the ground up to prioritize local data and computation, with seamless synchronization as a secondary benefit. 💡 ...

September 2, 2025 · 3 min

Observability in Java with Micrometer - a Conversation with Marcin Grzejszczak

Presenters Marcin Grzejszczak Source InfoQ podcast Level Up Your Observability: A Developer’s Guide to Micrometer 🚀💡👨‍💻 Observability is no longer a “nice-to-have” – it’s essential for building reliable and performant applications. But setting up comprehensive monitoring can be a daunting task. Enter Micrometer, a game-changing library designed to simplify the process and empower developers. This post breaks down what Micrometer is, how to get started, and best practices to ensure you’re getting the most out of it – without breaking the bank! ...

September 1, 2025 · 4 min

A journey toward the columnar data store - lessons from past discussions and new proposals

Presenters Aya Iwata Source PGConf.dev 2025 🚀 Supercharge Your Analytics: Fujitsu’s Columnar and the Vertical Clustered Index (VCI) 💡 Are you struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing demands of real-time analytics? Do you need blazing-fast query performance without sacrificing the speed of your operational updates? Then you’re going to want to learn about Fujitsu’s exciting work with PostgreSQL, the Columnar data store, and a groundbreaking community proposal called the Vertical Clustered Index (VCI)! ...

June 9, 2025 · 4 min

Adventures in Extension Packaging

Presenters David Wheeler Source PGConf.dev 2025 Taming the Beast: Simplifying PostgreSQL Extension Management in Kubernetes 🚀 Managing PostgreSQL extensions in cloud-native environments, especially Kubernetes, can feel like wrestling a hydra. Each head represents a dependency, a configuration quirk, or a deployment hurdle. This presentation segment tackles this challenge head-on, outlining a vision for a more streamlined, accessible, and immutable extension ecosystem. The Current State of Affairs: A Complex Web 🕸️ ...

June 9, 2025 · 4 min

Changing shared_buffers on the fly

Presenters Ashutosh Bapat Source PGConf.dev 2025 Level Up Your PostgreSQL: A Deep Dive into Dynamic Shared Buffer Resizing 🚀 For PostgreSQL DBAs and developers, performance is everything. But what happens when your database is struggling under load? Often, that means adjusting the shared buffers – a critical component for caching data and speeding up queries. Unfortunately, the current process for resizing these buffers in PostgreSQL is… well, let’s just say it’s not ideal. 😬 ...

June 9, 2025 · 4 min