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Postgresql, Open source, Community, Conference

A visit to PGConf.DE 2025 and discussion of PostgreSQL within the context of life sciences

It's always a pleasure to attend Postgres events, and PGConfDE 2025 in Berlin was no different. Here's a recap of the event along with a breakdown of "Postgres and Life Science - From Cells to Stars" presented at the conference.

by Evan Stanton
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Postgresql, Open source, Community, Conference

SCaLE 22x: Bringing the Open Source Community to Pasadena

A brief recap of North America's largest open source and free software focused conference, held annually in the greater Los Angeles area, with notes on the PostgreSQL @ SCaLE program.

by Sarah Conway
 PostgreSQL elephant in secure vault streaming QR codes
Story, Postgresql, Backup, Restore, Qrcode

Once Upon a Time in a Confined Database - PostgreSQL, QRCodes, and the Art of Backup Without a Network

In a room sealed tighter than a submarine vault, a PostgreSQL instance lived without network, external storage, or escape. No USB. No cloud. Just a screen—and a desperate need to back up critical data. Our solution? Modify pg_dump to stream QR codes at 60 frames per second, film the screen, and reassemble the dump from video. It wasn’t just secure—it was cinematic.

by Cédric Villemain
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Company, Postgresql, Open source, Community

Postgres Café: Contributing to Open Source

What does it look like to contribute to open source as an individual? As a company? What impact do contributions have to the project & community, along with the contributors themselves? We delve into the topic in our Postgres Café blog & video series.

by Sarah Conway
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Company, Postgresql, Open source

Postgres Café: Deploying distributed PostgreSQL at scale with Citus Data

At Data Bene, we are proud supporters of and contributors to Citus Data, a robust open-source extension from Microsoft that helps you accelerate deploying distributed PostgreSQL clusters. Learn more in our new Postgres Café blog and video series.

by Sarah Conway
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Company, Postgresql, Open source

Postgres Café: Expand monitoring capabilities with StatsMgr

Introducing StatsMgr, a PostgreSQL extension designed for efficient and organized management of statistics. Learn more in our new Postgres Café blog and video series.

by Sarah Conway
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Postgresql

Strange data type transformations

An in depth look at strange data type transformations, when your function argument types might be changed differently than you expect.

by Frédéric Delacourt
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Company, Postgresql

Welcome to the new Data Bene blog

It's the perfect moment to launch the next chapter of our blog at Data Bene! Here, you'll find what to expect from our upcoming content.

by Andrea Cucciniello
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Events, Postgresql, Community, Pgday, Paris

Data Bene partner of pgDay Paris 2023

Join us at pgDay Paris 2023!

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Events, Postgresql, Community, Pug, Geneva

Data Bene contributes to the PostgreSQL@CERN Meetup 2023

At the start of the year, we are continuing our community involvement!