Claire Giordano ✨
@clairegiordano.bsky.social
Love sailing ⛵️ in Greece, #PostgreSQL, open source, NH, POSETTE: An Event for Postgres #PosetteConf, chocolate 🐕 labs, my work @ Microsoft, the #TalkingPostgres #podcast—& taking pics with my phone. Not necessarily in that order. Opinions are my own.
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🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep33 is out!
Microsoft engineer Rob Emanuele joined to discuss building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code @vscode.dev + geospatial queries, guitar busking, creativity & agentic coding
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuF...
Microsoft engineer Rob Emanuele joined to discuss building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code @vscode.dev + geospatial queries, guitar busking, creativity & agentic coding
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuF...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
📣 Have a PostgreSQL insight to share? The call for proposals (CFP) for POSETTE: An Event for POSETTE 2026 is OPEN! 🎉
* Free & virtual
* June 16–18, 2026
* Organized by the #PostgreSQL team at Microsoft
Submit by Feb 1, 2026 → posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/
#PosetteConf #Postgres #CFP
* Free & virtual
* June 16–18, 2026
* Organized by the #PostgreSQL team at Microsoft
Submit by Feb 1, 2026 → posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/
#PosetteConf #Postgres #CFP
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📣 Have a PostgreSQL insight to share? The call for proposals (CFP) for POSETTE: An Event for POSETTE 2026 is OPEN! 🎉
* Free & virtual
* June 16–18, 2026
* Organized by the #PostgreSQL team at Microsoft
Submit by Feb 1, 2026 → posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/
#PosetteConf #Postgres #CFP
* Free & virtual
* June 16–18, 2026
* Organized by the #PostgreSQL team at Microsoft
Submit by Feb 1, 2026 → posetteconf.com/2026/cfp/
#PosetteConf #Postgres #CFP
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code with Rob Emanuele (E33) #TalkingPostgres talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano | Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code with Rob Emanuele
What do guitar busking, geospatial queries, and agentic coding have to do with Postgres? In Episode 33 of Talking Postgres, principal engineer Rob Emanuele at Microsoft shares his winding path from...
talkingpostgres.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code with Rob Emanuele (E33) #TalkingPostgres talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
Postgres + VS Code fans - this podcast episode is for you!
Learn all about building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code
🔗 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
Learn all about building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code
🔗 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Postgres + VS Code fans - this podcast episode is for you!
Learn all about building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code
🔗 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
Learn all about building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code
🔗 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep33 is out!
Microsoft engineer Rob Emanuele joined to discuss building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code @vscode.dev + geospatial queries, guitar busking, creativity & agentic coding
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuF...
Microsoft engineer Rob Emanuele joined to discuss building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code @vscode.dev + geospatial queries, guitar busking, creativity & agentic coding
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuF...
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep33 is out!
Microsoft engineer Rob Emanuele joined to discuss building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code @vscode.dev + geospatial queries, guitar busking, creativity & agentic coding
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuF...
Microsoft engineer Rob Emanuele joined to discuss building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code @vscode.dev + geospatial queries, guitar busking, creativity & agentic coding
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuF...
Happening on Wed 5 Nov at 10am PST, a LIVE recording of Ep33 of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast with guest Rob Emanuele, to talk about "Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code"
Join us on Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat: aka.ms/TalkingPostg...
Join us on Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat: aka.ms/TalkingPostg...
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Happening on Wed 5 Nov at 10am PST, a LIVE recording of Ep33 of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast with guest Rob Emanuele, to talk about "Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code"
Join us on Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat: aka.ms/TalkingPostg...
Join us on Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat: aka.ms/TalkingPostg...
Just published my take on @pgconf.eu & the TL;dr is that it was a wonderful PostgreSQL conference. But the trip report / blog post explains more about what kind of wonderful exactly (and includes lots of photos)
Enjoy! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
Enjoy! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
Postgres Trip Summary from PGConf EU 2025 (with lots of photos) | Microsoft Community Hub
Overview of my experience as a Postgres speaker, as a Microsoft sponsor, & happy attendee at PGConf EU 2025, with lots of photographs.
techcommunity.microsoft.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Just published my take on @pgconf.eu & the TL;dr is that it was a wonderful PostgreSQL conference. But the trip report / blog post explains more about what kind of wonderful exactly (and includes lots of photos)
Enjoy! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
Enjoy! techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
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New (South Korean) national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms.
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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On my way to my 6th @pgconf.eu — this time in Riga ‼️ So excited to see #PostgreSQL people 🐘 & attend all these great talks. If you are there, come say hello at the Microsoft stand 👋
October 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
On my way to my 6th @pgconf.eu — this time in Riga ‼️ So excited to see #PostgreSQL people 🐘 & attend all these great talks. If you are there, come say hello at the Microsoft stand 👋
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
So cool to see "High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails" listed on the official PostgreSQL books wiki page.
Thank you to @clairegiordano.bsky.social for the encouragement and help making that happen.
Check it out 👉
www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
Thank you to @clairegiordano.bsky.social for the encouragement and help making that happen.
Check it out 👉
www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
PostgreSQL: Books
www.postgresql.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
So cool to see "High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails" listed on the official PostgreSQL books wiki page.
Thank you to @clairegiordano.bsky.social for the encouragement and help making that happen.
Check it out 👉
www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
Thank you to @clairegiordano.bsky.social for the encouragement and help making that happen.
Check it out 👉
www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things with Boriss Mejías (E32) #TalkingPostgres talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano | The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things with Boriss Mejías
What do chess clocks, jazz, and Postgres replication have in common? In Episode 32 of Talking Postgres, solution architect Boriss Mejías shares how the idea of “interconnectedness”—inspired by Doug...
talkingpostgres.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things with Boriss Mejías (E32) #TalkingPostgres talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
For @talkingpostgres.com @clairegiordano.bsky.social talked to Global Solutions Architect @tchorix.bsky.social about his marvelous brain, and ability to make connections that help people understand complex systems: talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
Boriss wrote a blog too: dev.to/bmejias/how-...
Boriss wrote a blog too: dev.to/bmejias/how-...
How I Learned to Embrace my Chaotic Brain
More than a decade ago, I applied for a job in Brussels and part of the process was to pass a...
dev.to
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
For @talkingpostgres.com @clairegiordano.bsky.social talked to Global Solutions Architect @tchorix.bsky.social about his marvelous brain, and ability to make connections that help people understand complex systems: talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
Boriss wrote a blog too: dev.to/bmejias/how-...
Boriss wrote a blog too: dev.to/bmejias/how-...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
I had a lot of fun talking to you Claire Giordano. Thanks for the invitation. I also wrote something about what inspired this topic dev.to/bmejias/how-...
I hope the episode is useful to #PostgreSQL folks and anyone actually.
I hope the episode is useful to #PostgreSQL folks and anyone actually.
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep32 just published
Boriss Mejías @tchorix.bsky.social explored the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things as a methodology for working with Postgres—& we connected lots of dots
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
📺 youtu.be/S63usJYcw-k?...
Boriss Mejías @tchorix.bsky.social explored the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things as a methodology for working with Postgres—& we connected lots of dots
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
📺 youtu.be/S63usJYcw-k?...
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I had a lot of fun talking to you Claire Giordano. Thanks for the invitation. I also wrote something about what inspired this topic dev.to/bmejias/how-...
I hope the episode is useful to #PostgreSQL folks and anyone actually.
I hope the episode is useful to #PostgreSQL folks and anyone actually.
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep32 just published
Boriss Mejías @tchorix.bsky.social explored the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things as a methodology for working with Postgres—& we connected lots of dots
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
📺 youtu.be/S63usJYcw-k?...
Boriss Mejías @tchorix.bsky.social explored the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things as a methodology for working with Postgres—& we connected lots of dots
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
📺 youtu.be/S63usJYcw-k?...
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep32 just published
Boriss Mejías @tchorix.bsky.social explored the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things as a methodology for working with Postgres—& we connected lots of dots
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
📺 youtu.be/S63usJYcw-k?...
Boriss Mejías @tchorix.bsky.social explored the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things as a methodology for working with Postgres—& we connected lots of dots
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/the...
📺 youtu.be/S63usJYcw-k?...
Last week a lot of #PostgreSQL people had a wonderful time @pgconfnyc.bsky.social in NYC
So I was inspired to write this post & share the PGConf NYC experience—with lots of photos 📸 of friends/teammates
And to answer this Q: Why do ppl go to PGConf NYC?
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
So I was inspired to write this post & share the PGConf NYC experience—with lots of photos 📸 of friends/teammates
And to answer this Q: Why do ppl go to PGConf NYC?
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
Postgres Trip Report from PGConf NYC 2025 (with lots of photos) | Microsoft Community Hub
Overview of my Postgres speaker, sponsor, & attendee experience at PGConf NYC 2025, with quotes from attendees, talk highlights, and lots of photographs.
techcommunity.microsoft.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Last week a lot of #PostgreSQL people had a wonderful time @pgconfnyc.bsky.social in NYC
So I was inspired to write this post & share the PGConf NYC experience—with lots of photos 📸 of friends/teammates
And to answer this Q: Why do ppl go to PGConf NYC?
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
So I was inspired to write this post & share the PGConf NYC experience—with lots of photos 📸 of friends/teammates
And to answer this Q: Why do ppl go to PGConf NYC?
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
Happening Wed Oct 8, a LIVE recording of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast w/guest @tchorix.bsky.social, about Postgres & The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happening Wed Oct 8, a LIVE recording of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast w/guest @tchorix.bsky.social, about Postgres & The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
Happening Wed Oct 8, a LIVE recording of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast w/guest @tchorix.bsky.social, about Postgres & The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happening Wed Oct 8, a LIVE recording of the @talkingpostgres.com podcast w/guest @tchorix.bsky.social, about Postgres & The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
Join Discord to be part of the parallel live text chat—or listen once Talking Postgres Ep32 is published aka.ms/talkingpostg...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
Even a hydraulic jack can’t match the lifting capability of the middle word in “Portland International Jetport.” #monktoberfest
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Even a hydraulic jack can’t match the lifting capability of the middle word in “Portland International Jetport.” #monktoberfest
Hey #PostgreSQL ppl here at @pgconfnyc.bsky.social #PGConfNYC! Be sure to come say hello (I'll be in hallways, sessions, or the Microsoft booth)
If you want to learn about "Ten Postgres Hacker Journeys—and what they teach us", I'm giving a talk today at 4:00pm EDT
postgresql.us/events/pgcon...
If you want to learn about "Ten Postgres Hacker Journeys—and what they teach us", I'm giving a talk today at 4:00pm EDT
postgresql.us/events/pgcon...
September 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey #PostgreSQL ppl here at @pgconfnyc.bsky.social #PGConfNYC! Be sure to come say hello (I'll be in hallways, sessions, or the Microsoft booth)
If you want to learn about "Ten Postgres Hacker Journeys—and what they teach us", I'm giving a talk today at 4:00pm EDT
postgresql.us/events/pgcon...
If you want to learn about "Ten Postgres Hacker Journeys—and what they teach us", I'm giving a talk today at 4:00pm EDT
postgresql.us/events/pgcon...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
What went wrong (& what went right) with AIO with Andres Freund (E30) #TalkingPostgres talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano | What went wrong (& what went right) with AIO with Andres Freund
Six years, a prototype, and a brief multi-layered descent into “wronger and wronger” design—what does it take to land a major architectural change in Postgres? In Episode 31 of Talking Postgres, An...
talkingpostgres.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What went wrong (& what went right) with AIO with Andres Freund (E30) #TalkingPostgres talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
I love this deep dive session. Andres shares some unique insights from tackling hard problems through the lens of both the tech and the people.
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep31 just published!
Andres Freund @anarazel.de explored what went wrong (& what went right) with AIO in Postgres 18. Featuring io_uring, prototypes, streaming reads, CI, & why it took too long
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
📺 youtu.be/bVei7-AyMJ8?...
Andres Freund @anarazel.de explored what went wrong (& what went right) with AIO in Postgres 18. Featuring io_uring, prototypes, streaming reads, CI, & why it took too long
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
📺 youtu.be/bVei7-AyMJ8?...
September 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love this deep dive session. Andres shares some unique insights from tackling hard problems through the lens of both the tech and the people.
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep31 just published!
Andres Freund @anarazel.de explored what went wrong (& what went right) with AIO in Postgres 18. Featuring io_uring, prototypes, streaming reads, CI, & why it took too long
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
📺 youtu.be/bVei7-AyMJ8?...
Andres Freund @anarazel.de explored what went wrong (& what went right) with AIO in Postgres 18. Featuring io_uring, prototypes, streaming reads, CI, & why it took too long
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
📺 youtu.be/bVei7-AyMJ8?...
September 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com podcast Ep31 just published!
Andres Freund @anarazel.de explored what went wrong (& what went right) with AIO in Postgres 18. Featuring io_uring, prototypes, streaming reads, CI, & why it took too long
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
📺 youtu.be/bVei7-AyMJ8?...
Andres Freund @anarazel.de explored what went wrong (& what went right) with AIO in Postgres 18. Featuring io_uring, prototypes, streaming reads, CI, & why it took too long
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/wha...
📺 youtu.be/bVei7-AyMJ8?...
Hello! For those just discovering the @talkingpostgres.com podcast—and those already on this 30-episodes & counting #TalkingPostgres journey with me—we just dropped a new 3-minute trailer (02:52 to be precise) & it is FUN 🔥
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/tal...
📺 youtu.be/ZWMb9qmTpSY?...
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/tal...
📺 youtu.be/ZWMb9qmTpSY?...
August 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hello! For those just discovering the @talkingpostgres.com podcast—and those already on this 30-episodes & counting #TalkingPostgres journey with me—we just dropped a new 3-minute trailer (02:52 to be precise) & it is FUN 🔥
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/tal...
📺 youtu.be/ZWMb9qmTpSY?...
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/tal...
📺 youtu.be/ZWMb9qmTpSY?...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
this is a GREAT podcast, in which @simonwillison.net goes on and on and really nails where this LLM crap does amazing things (SQL OH MY) and where it really doesn't. go listen....
I loved it, as we had just launched github.com/microsoft/wa... to componentize and apply policy to mcp tools....
I loved it, as we had just launched github.com/microsoft/wa... to componentize and apply policy to mcp tools....
August 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
this is a GREAT podcast, in which @simonwillison.net goes on and on and really nails where this LLM crap does amazing things (SQL OH MY) and where it really doesn't. go listen....
I loved it, as we had just launched github.com/microsoft/wa... to componentize and apply policy to mcp tools....
I loved it, as we had just launched github.com/microsoft/wa... to componentize and apply policy to mcp tools....
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com #podcast Ep30 just published!
Guest @simonwillison.net talked about AI for data engineers. We skipped hype & boosterism to chat about Postgres permissions, alt text, 150-line SQL queries, & pelicans on 🚲
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/8SAqeJHsmRM?...
Guest @simonwillison.net talked about AI for data engineers. We skipped hype & boosterism to chat about Postgres permissions, alt text, 150-line SQL queries, & pelicans on 🚲
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/8SAqeJHsmRM?...
August 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🎙️ New @talkingpostgres.com #podcast Ep30 just published!
Guest @simonwillison.net talked about AI for data engineers. We skipped hype & boosterism to chat about Postgres permissions, alt text, 150-line SQL queries, & pelicans on 🚲
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/8SAqeJHsmRM?...
Guest @simonwillison.net talked about AI for data engineers. We skipped hype & boosterism to chat about Postgres permissions, alt text, 150-line SQL queries, & pelicans on 🚲
🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/ai-...
📺 youtu.be/8SAqeJHsmRM?...
Reposted by Claire Giordano ✨
I'm so looking forward to having the amazing @simonwillison.net on the @talkingpostgres.com #podcast again, to discuss AI for data engineers (& #PostgreSQL people)
When? The LIVE recording is on Wed Aug 6th at 10am PDT
Join us on Discord to be part of parallel live text chat aka.ms/TalkingPostg...
When? The LIVE recording is on Wed Aug 6th at 10am PDT
Join us on Discord to be part of parallel live text chat aka.ms/TalkingPostg...
August 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I'm so looking forward to having the amazing @simonwillison.net on the @talkingpostgres.com #podcast again, to discuss AI for data engineers (& #PostgreSQL people)
When? The LIVE recording is on Wed Aug 6th at 10am PDT
Join us on Discord to be part of parallel live text chat aka.ms/TalkingPostg...
When? The LIVE recording is on Wed Aug 6th at 10am PDT
Join us on Discord to be part of parallel live text chat aka.ms/TalkingPostg...