Today's off-cycle PostgreSQL minors are now available on RDS as well: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

This just in: the new PostgreSQL v17 challenge coin has arrived, and it is spectacular :-)

📣Well folks, it happened again! PostgreSQL has been named DB-Engines 2024 Database of the Year!🥳 This is the second year in a row, and 5th time in the last 8 years, that it has taken the top spot🥇 🪙 Congrats to everyone in the Postgres community! db-engines.com/en/blog_post/1…

Another "out-of-cycle" PostgreSQL release is out the door this morning. Fixes a minor regression caused by the release last week. postgresql.org/about/news/pos…

The new PostgreSQL minors are available on RDS as well... aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

Not surprising, but still a bit sad to see: "In order to streamline our free consumer communications offerings so we can more easily adapt to customer needs, we will be retiring Skype in May 2025 to focus on Microsoft Teams (free)" microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…

I am terrible at taking selfies, but in any case, I am excited that PGConf India 2025 is about to begin!

AWS is well represented at PGConf India 2025!

I was just watching an episode of season 1 of the original Star Trek series, and something struck me during scenes in which Kirk and Spock interact with the ships computer -- were they the first "prompt engineers"? 🤔

Sergey Melnik dives deep on the AWS Database Blog: aws.amazon.com/blogs/database…

New PostgreSQL minors _and_ PostgreSQL 18beta1 are now available! postgresql.org/about/news/pos… postgresql.org/about/news/pos…

Please test postgresql 18! aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

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Congratulations to my friends at Crunchy Data! Another win for PostgreSQL. wsj.com/articles/snowf…

Open source pgactive is now officially announced! Note that, despite the way the announcement reads, pgactive works with PostgreSQL versions as far back as pg11. aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

PostgreSQL v18beta2 has hit the streets -- you know what to do, so just do it :-) postgresql.org/about/news/pos…

It's time for the quarterly PostgreSQL minor version updates! Don't miss out on the latest releases, including PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, 13.22, and the exciting 18 beta 3. Make sure to test out 18 beta 3 and stay ahead with the newest features and enhancements.

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