Heroku's glory days & Postgres vs the world, w/ Craig Kerstiens
09/24/24 • 62 min
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Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com.
In this interview, I dive deep with Craig Kerstiens from Crunchy Data into the world of Postgres, covering its rise to prominence, scaling at Heroku, and the power of Postgres extensions. Craig also shares insights on database sharding, the future of Postgres, and why developers love working with it.
Follow Craig:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigkerstiens
Crunchy Data Blog: https://www.crunchydata.com/blog
Follow Aaron:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondfrancis
Website: https://aaronfrancis.com - find articles, podcasts, courses, and more.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction: Welcome to Database School
00:20 - Guest Introduction: Craig Kerstiens and Crunchy Data
01:40 - Craig's Journey from Heroku to Crunchy Data
02:55 - Scaling Postgres at Heroku
04:50 - Mastering Postgres Course Announcement
05:30 - The Importance of Postgres at Heroku
07:50 - The Value of Live SQL with Data Clips
09:25 - Data Clips for Business Intelligence and Real-Time Analytics
11:05 - Heroku’s Unique Company Culture and How Data Clips Came to Be
12:30 - Postgres Extensions and Marketplace
14:00 - Citus: Scaling Postgres for Multi-Tenant Applications
15:40 - The Challenges of Sharding in Databases
18:00 - Managing Large Databases and Sharding Keys with Citus
24:00 - The Evolution of Postgres and Its Growing Popularity
31:00 - Postgres for Developers and the Importance of Extensions
35:00 - Extensions as Proving Grounds for Core Postgres Features
37:50 - Building an Extension Marketplace for Postgres
41:00 - Postgres as a Data Platform and Developer Flexibility
46:00 - Why Developers Love Postgres: Stability, Extensions, and Ownership
51:00 - DuckDB: A Fascinating New Database Approach
53:30 - Crunchy Data: What They Offer and Why It Matters
58:30 - Expanding Postgres with DuckDB for Data Warehousing
01:00:00 - Wrapping Up: Where to Find Craig and Crunchy Data
Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com.
In this interview, I dive deep with Craig Kerstiens from Crunchy Data into the world of Postgres, covering its rise to prominence, scaling at Heroku, and the power of Postgres extensions. Craig also shares insights on database sharding, the future of Postgres, and why developers love working with it.
Follow Craig:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigkerstiens
Crunchy Data Blog: https://www.crunchydata.com/blog
Follow Aaron:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondfrancis
Website: https://aaronfrancis.com - find articles, podcasts, courses, and more.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction: Welcome to Database School
00:20 - Guest Introduction: Craig Kerstiens and Crunchy Data
01:40 - Craig's Journey from Heroku to Crunchy Data
02:55 - Scaling Postgres at Heroku
04:50 - Mastering Postgres Course Announcement
05:30 - The Importance of Postgres at Heroku
07:50 - The Value of Live SQL with Data Clips
09:25 - Data Clips for Business Intelligence and Real-Time Analytics
11:05 - Heroku’s Unique Company Culture and How Data Clips Came to Be
12:30 - Postgres Extensions and Marketplace
14:00 - Citus: Scaling Postgres for Multi-Tenant Applications
15:40 - The Challenges of Sharding in Databases
18:00 - Managing Large Databases and Sharding Keys with Citus
24:00 - The Evolution of Postgres and Its Growing Popularity
31:00 - Postgres for Developers and the Importance of Extensions
35:00 - Extensions as Proving Grounds for Core Postgres Features
37:50 - Building an Extension Marketplace for Postgres
41:00 - Postgres as a Data Platform and Developer Flexibility
46:00 - Why Developers Love Postgres: Stability, Extensions, and Ownership
51:00 - DuckDB: A Fascinating New Database Approach
53:30 - Crunchy Data: What They Offer and Why It Matters
58:30 - Expanding Postgres with DuckDB for Data Warehousing
01:00:00 - Wrapping Up: Where to Find Craig and Crunchy Data
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Ruby on Rails + SQLite with Stephen Margheim
Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af.
In this interview, I talk to Stephen Margheim about his work with SQLite and Ruby on Rails.
Links:
Database school on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI72dgeNJtzqElnNB6sQoAn2R-F3Vqm15
Database school audio only: https://databaseschool.transistor.fm
Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis
Stephen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fractaledmind
Stephen's blog: https://fractaledmind.github.io/
Stephen's book: https://fractaledmind.gumroad.com/l/sqlite-on-rails
Aaron's conference talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YaEtaXYVtI
Next Episode
Creating a Postgres platform with Monica & Tudor from Xata.io
Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com.
Production ready Postgres for teams that ship fast: https://xata.io In this interview, I talk with Monica Sarbu and Tudor Golubenco from Xata about their journey from Elastic to founding Xata. We deep dive on building a Postgres hosting platform, handling schema changes, and how they've made their free tier economical.
Links Mentioned:
Xata.io: https://xata.io/ The economics of a Postgres free tier:
https://xata.io/blog/postgres-free-tier
Follow Monica & Tudor:
Monica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicasarbu
Monica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasarbu
Tudor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tudor_g
Tudor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tudorgolubenco/
Follow Aaron:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondfrancis
Website: https://aaronfrancis.com - find articles, podcasts, courses, and more.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - What is Xata? Overview and Mission
01:32 - Open Source Projects: PG Roll and PG Stream
02:33 - Synchronizing Data: Postgres to Elastic Search
03:12 - Monica and Tudor's Background & Journey to Elastic
04:00 - Founding of Packetbeat: The Start of Open Source Monitoring
06:08 - Transition from Elastic to Starting Xata
07:00 - Launching a Nonprofit and Insights on Database Challenges
08:29 - The Idea Behind Xata: Simplifying Application Development
10:00 - Tudor Joins Xata: The Decision to Start Again
10:47 - The Technical Vision for Xata's Platform
12:06 - Founding Xata During the Pandemic 13:11 - Funding Journey: From Seed to Series A
15:07 - Building a Platform, Not Just a Hosted Database
17:20 - Introducing Postgres to Xata's Stack
20:19 - Navigating Postgres as a DBA
22:44 - Open Source Strategy & Community Building
27:48 - PG Stream Use Cases & Postgres Replication
32:08 - PG Roll for Zero Downtime Schema Changes
36:05 - Implementing Safe and Fast Schema Changes
39:49 - Blob Storage and Cloudflare Integration
45:11 - Xata's Unique Features: Serving Builders and Larger Teams
49:20 - Free Tier Economics and Why It Matters
56:04 - Working as a Husband-Wife Team
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