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The Brazilian PostgreSQL community is gearing up for one of the most anticipated events of the year: PGConf.Brasil 2026. Taking place in the city of Blumenau from September 2 - 4, this year’s conference features no less than 13 sessions by EDB colleagues.

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April 8 marked the start of feature freeze for PostgreSQL 19. For anyone unfamiliar with the PostgreSQL development cycle, that means that as of April 8 no new features are accepted for the upcoming major version. From April until the final release in the second part of the year, the community works on beta releases, bug fixes, and documentation. If a major feature isn't ready b...

We wrote about the program we run internally for colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL development on this blog before. Last week, a good portion of that group met in-person for the 3rd time. A summary of the topics discussed, patches submitted, and a look ahead to what's next for this group.