PostgreSQL Meetup

Dear Chicago PUG members,

Due to the speaker's illness, we have to make changes to the November meetup. The last meetup of 2024 will take place on November 20 from 5-30 PM to 8 PM.
We will meet at our usual location: DRW Training Center, 540 W. Madison, 25th floor.

A reminder about our venue:

- This is a high-security building, which means the names of all participants should be communicated no later than 7:30 AM on the day of the event, and all participants must present a government-issued ID to be admitted. If your meetup profile does not list your full name, please send a DM with the required information to Hettie. Registration for all in-person events will be closed by 7-30 AM the day of the event.
- The food order will be placed a day before the event, so I strongly encourage everybody planning to attend to RSVP by November 19
- If you plan to attend virtually, please RSVP for a Zoom meetup here.

Please RSVP to this event only if you are attending in person.

Event Details:
Our speaker for this meetup is Devrim Gunduz, EDB.
He will present the talk "Extend your PostgreSQL: The world of PostgreSQL extensions."

Talk Abstract:

The extension concept is a big feature of PostgreSQL, and users can add interesting capabilities to their database instances using them.

In this talk, I will cover these topics:

• How it started: "Contrib"
• Introduction of extension concept
• Challenges around extensions: Distribution and packaging
• Developing an extension: Anything can happen?
• Maintenance of existing extensions
• Favorite extensions: Data from users

About the Speaker:

Devrim started using Linux in 1996, and PostgreSQL in 1998. He loves to travel, listen to music, and enjoy life with friends. Devrim joined the PostgreSQL community around 1999 and contributed to many PostgreSQL-related projects. He is currently maintaining the PostgreSQL official RPM repository at https://yum.postgresql.org and https://zypp.postgresql.org .

Agenda:

5:20 - Doors open, pizza arrives
6:00 - 6:15 - Hettie D: Opening remarks and news and updates from PG Conf EU
6:15 - 7:15 - Devrim Gunduz: Extend your PostgreSQL: The world of PostgreSQL extensions.

7:15 - 8:10 - QA and networking

The last reminder: Please be on time! You might not be able to get in on the 25th floor after 6!

As usual, I hope to see as many of you as possible in person!

Hettie Dombrovskaya,
Chicago PUG Local Organizer