Well done, Postgres Open
I thought that Postgres Open 2011 was very well done. I liked the content, the location, and most especially the atmosphere, which felt much more welcoming than some PostgreSQL conferences I’ve attended. This last point bears repeating: I’d exceeded my tolerance for trash talk about MySQL at other conferences, and this event made me feel valued again. I believe that the leaders and organizers set the tone, so I think that Selena and the committee deserve a lot of credit and thanks for the warm atmosphere.
I see that Selena has already announced that there’ll be a 2012 event, which is great. I intend to support it, and I’ve already marked the date on my calendar.
A few people asked me what instrumentation to support scalability and performance analysis would be valuable inside PostgreSQL. The answer I gave in my talk was somewhat sidestepping the question, in hindsight, and I agreed afterwards to follow up with a blog post about it. I’ll write that when I have a chance.
Your talk was mind-expanding for me, Baron. Thanks so much for bringing it. I’m looking forward to your blog post.
It’s far, far too easy to slag on other software for not being good at the things you own. It’s much harder to go into another community and recognize your own deficiencies or learn their strengths. That’s why it’s so great to have ambassadors such as yourself bringing new ideas and criticisms to the community. Hurray for perspective!
Peter van Hardenberg
19 Sep 11 at 7:44 pm