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Jimmy Angelakos
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Peace, Love & Linux. Strictly personal opinions. #PostgreSQL Significant Contributor & speaker.
Author of PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them: https://hubs.la/Q03Nc0hv0
Co-author of the PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook: http://packt.link/6PurB
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Jimmy Angelakos @vyruss.org · Jun 23
AUTHOR UNBOXING: PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them! To celebrate the release of my book, you can use code PBAngelakos for 50% OFF until July 1st!

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#TechBooks #PostgreSQL #Postgres #OpenSource #Database
AUTHOR UNBOXING: PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them!
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December 31, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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#tfw you hear Sultans of Swing all your life, but discover The Amazing Rhythm Aces' "The End Is Not in Sight" at age 46 #goosebumps

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The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune) (Remastered)
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December 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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50% OFF EVERYTHING for Xmas! 🎄✨
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December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The world has never needed a new System Of A Down album more.

#SystemOfADown #SOAD
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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I grew up with his music and he was my musical hero. Sadly, I never got to see him play live. The Road to Hell Part 1 & 2 is one of my top songs of all time. #RIP #ChrisRea

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Chris Rea - The Road To Hell Part 1 & 2 (1989) HD
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December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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​#TechBooks #Books #PostgreSQL #Postgres #OpenSource #Database
Jimmy Angelakos holding up a copy of the book PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Friday Fun with maths: I may have accidentally discovered a new way to visualize prime numbers (?) The result? A pyramid that shouldn't exist 🤯

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#math #maths #visualization #visualisation #primeNumbers
The Angelakos Prime Spiral: A New Way to Visualize Prime Numbers?
A doodling habit led to what appears to be a novel way of visualizing prime numbers, using the primes as step lengths in a turtle walk. The result is a surprising geometric
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December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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That's a wrap on the 1st #Postgres #Edinburgh #meetup! 🐘 Thanks to Chris Ellis for his talk, #pgEdge & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Slides:
🔹 PG Tricks: nexteam.co.uk/files/talks/...
🔹RAGtime w/ #Postgres: vyruss.org/computing/sl...

Back Feb 12—DM to speak! 🎤

🎄Happy holidays! #Database #OpenSource
Chris Ellis presenting to the PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup in a UoE teaching room Chris Ellis presenting to the PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup in a UoE teaching room Chris Ellis presenting to the PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup in a UoE teaching room A pizza box with a thick glasses logo. PIZZA GEEKS EST.2016
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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THIS WEEK: The first #PostgreSQL #Edinburgh #meetup! A prime opportunity to hear about the #database that's—slowly but surely—taking over the world, and network with fellow #developers and #OpenSource enthusiasts.
Thurs 11 Dec, 6pm, University of Edinburgh Old College!
RSVP here ▶️ luma.com/b9kv5fds
PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup · Luma
Be part of the very first Edinburgh PostgreSQL Meetup! Join host Jimmy Angelakos and fellow PostgreSQL enthusiasts at the University of Edinburgh's beautiful…
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December 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Are you excited for the 1st #PostgreSQL #Edinburgh #meetup in a week's time? Do you know the #Postgres #community is not just DBAs, but developers, data professionals, architects, students, and #OpenSource enthusiasts?
Thurs 11 Dec, 6pm, University of Edinburgh Old College!
RSVP ▶️
PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup · Luma
Be part of the very first Edinburgh PostgreSQL Meetup! Join host Jimmy Angelakos and fellow PostgreSQL enthusiasts at the University of Edinburgh's beautiful…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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I don't think there exists a more obnoxious thing than double-tap to like

double tap if you agree
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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1. "Our problem has unique requirements"
2. Builds custom solution on "specialized" platforms
3. Realizes Postgres could have handled it fine

Everyone's use case is exceptional... until you prove it isn't.

#PostgreSQL #Postgres #OpenSource #Database #SystemsDesign #SystemsEngineering
A weathered reference book on a desk with computer and coffee mug. The book title is "Everyone's use case is exceptional... until you prove it isn't". Subtitle: "A database architect's field guide."
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Okay, hear me out: Grace Slick ➡️ Siouxsie Sioux ➡️ Florence Welch.

📺 Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit: youtu.be/WANNqr-vcx0h...

📺 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound: youtu.be/TjvvK-Rj0WI

📺 Florence and the Machine - What The Water Gave Me: youtu.be/pnJM_jC7j_4

#Music #MusicDiscovery #Vocals
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (Official Audio)
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November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Just starting out? #Dev wondering why databases are weird? #DBA fed up with walled gardens?

Come find out about the #database taking the world by storm (slowly but surely!) at the first-ever #PostgreSQL #Edinburgh meetup

👉 luma.com/b9kv5fds

@PostgresEDI.bsky.social #postgres #meetups #techmeetups
PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup · Luma
Be part of the very first Edinburgh PostgreSQL Meetup! Join host Jimmy Angelakos and fellow PostgreSQL enthusiasts at the University of Edinburgh's beautiful…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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I found this late night cover I did when #Sinéad passed away. This is 'Reaching for the Rail,' from the also sadly departed Rick Wright's 1996 album Broken China. One take, cos I dgaf. Hope you like it

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#LateNight #RichardWright #RickWright #SinéadOConnor #BrokenChina
Reaching for the Rail (Richard Wright)
I found this late night cover I did when Sinéad passed away. From the also sadly departed Rick Wright's 1996 album Broken China. One take, cos I dgaf. Hope you like it.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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New Blog Post: Announcing the inaugural PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup

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@postgresedi.bsky.social #postgresql #edinburgh #community #meetups #developer #rag #ai #pgvector #techmeetups
Announcing the inaugural PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup
Thrilled to announce the launch of the PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup! December 11th @ the University of Edinburgh's Old College (pizza, networking, and talks).
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November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Follow @postgresedi.bsky.social, the PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup! First event is on Thursday, December 11th at the University of Edinburgh!

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#PostgreSQL #Postgres #Meetup #TechMeetup #Edinburgh #OpenSource #Database
PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup · Luma
Be part of the very first Edinburgh PostgreSQL Meetup! Join host Jimmy Angelakos and fellow PostgreSQL enthusiasts at the University of Edinburgh's beautiful…
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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#Edinburgh #PostgreSQL community, our first-ever meetup is here! 🐘

Join us for pizza, networking, and two great tech talks (all levels!).

🗓️ Thurs, Dec 11 @ 6 PM 📍 Old College, UoE 🗣️ Topics: #Postgres Tips for App Devs + AI/RAG with pgvector

👉 luma.com/b9kv5fds #TechMeetup #AI #pgvector #Database
PostgreSQL Edinburgh meetup · Luma
Be part of the very first Edinburgh PostgreSQL Meetup! Join host Jimmy Angelakos and fellow PostgreSQL enthusiasts at the University of Edinburgh's beautiful…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Unleashing the raw power and limitless flexibility of PostgreSQL as a distributed database on Kubernetes? Sounds almost too good to be true! Join the webinar to find out how it all works!🔥🔥
Register here 👉 hubs.la/Q03T1KL30

#Postgres #PostgreSQL #OpenSource #Distributed #Database #Kubernetes #k8s
POSTGRES LIVE: MONTHLY SERIES Building Always-On Postgres: High Availability Across Clouds in Kubernetes November 20, 2025 1pm EST Matthew Mols - Senior Director of Engineering Paul Rothrock - System Engineer pgEdge
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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It feels like we're investing less and less in deep human learning. Real #learning requires uninterrupted time, and current #work culture is trying to eliminate that. What is the long-term cost of building armies of generalists that only understand tech skin deep?

#WorkCulture #DeepWork #Expertise
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November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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#nasa #unicode
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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What's the most sophisticated query you've written to solve a real-world problem? How did it take advantage of PostgreSQL's capabilities?

#SQL #Postgres #PostgreSQL #OpenSource #Database #SQLquery #Development
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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"We choose to use Kubernetes and do the other things, not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy"
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM