See me: POSETTE, free, virtual conf. 6/11 at 11 AM PDT! Plus: IndieRails, Ship It!, Hacking Postgres, & RailsConf.

Issue #12 — June 2024

POSETTE (happening now!)

POSETTE 2024 is a free virtual conference from Microsoft, on topics related to PostgreSQL, June 11-13. I'm honored to be presenting on June 11, at 11 AM PDT (6PM UTC)!

If you're receiving this before then, please consider joining the recording and live Q&A session for SaaS on Rails on PostgreSQL!

I'd really appreciate seeing you there!

Selfie just after recording for POSETTE 2024

Presenting at RailsConf 2024

I presented a two-hour workshop at RailsConf, and it was fulfilling to present these topics and connect with so many nice people afterwards.

Andrew presenting a workshop at RailsConf 2024 in Detroit, MI

Conferences

Find my full RailsConf 2024 recap here: RailsConf 2024 Conference — The Long Goodbye
Just before RailsConf, I presented in Chicago for PgDay Chicago 2024, April 26th, and it went great!
Check out my recap of Sin City Ruby 2024, held in Las Vegas, NV, March 21-22.
Keep an eye out for speaker announcements for Madison Ruby 2024, which will be held this August! 😉

Podcasts

I went hard on podcast appearances this past Spring, promoting my conference presentations, book, and consulting offerings! Please have a listen and consider sharing episode links on your social media accounts. That really helps!

Met with Jeremy and Jess, to tell my indie consulting story: 🎙️ IndieRails Podcast — Andrew Atkinson - The Postgres Specialist
Caught up with Jason Swett, for my 3rd appearance on Code With Jason: 220 - Sin City Ruby 2024 Recap with Andrew Atkinson
Hung out with Julie and Andrew for Ruby For All: 🎙️ RailsConf 2024 Workshop Spotlight — Build High Performance Active Record Apps with Andy Atkinson
Caught up with Justin and Autumn from Ship It!: 🎙️ Ship It! Podcast — PostgreSQL with Andrew Atkinson

More podcast appearances earlier this Spring:

Andrew, Nikolay, and Michael on Rails + Postgres postgres.fm podcast

Check out: Rails + Postgres Postgres.FM 086 — Extended blog post edition! 🎙️
Met with Ry, the founder of Tembo: 🎙️ Hacking Postgres 🐘 Podcast — Season 2, Ep. 1 Andrew Atkinson
Check out: Maintainable Podcast — Maintainable…Databases? 🎙️

Book Ratings

New ratings and reviews on Goodreads for High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails!

10 ratings with an average score of 4.80
A really generous review from Sean Szurko (thank you Sean!):

Andy presents so many useful Postgres concepts that it's hard to believe anything about Rails even fits in the book!

If you are a Rails engineer who always wanted to understand how to have a greater impact on your work through taking command of your database, this is the book for you!

The first review landed for the book on The Storygraph, also from Sean!

Compiling PostgreSQL on macOS To Test Documentation and Patches

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✂️ Use Cases for Merging and Splitting Partitions With Minimal Locking in PostgreSQL 17

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Wrapping Up

Spring conferences were fast and furious. I really appreciated having the opportunities to present, meet new people, and to continue working in these areas.

With that said, I'll be focusing more on consulting this summer, and that will be a nice change of pace.

Although this issue was several months after the preceding one, I have so many things to say, you can expect to see the next one very soon!

Next up, we’ll cover some exciting updates on the book, new creative endeavors, and of course, more PostgreSQL content!

Hope to see you online tomorrow for POSETTE.

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Until next time!