Extension Ecosystem Summit 2025

{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~} { } { [Logo for PGConf.dev] } { https://justatheory.com/shared/extension-ecosystem-summit/pgconf.dev.png } { (https://pgconf.dev) } { } {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~} { © 2024–2025 PGConf.dev } {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~} I'm happy to announce that some PostgreSQL colleagues and have once again organized the [Extension Ecosystem Summit] at [PGConf.dev] in Montréal on May 13. [Floor Drees], [Yurii Rashkovskii], [Keith Fiske] will be on hand to kick off this [unconference] session: > Participants will collaborate to learn about and explore the ongoing work on > PostgreSQL development and distribution, examine challenges, identify > questions, propose solutions, and agree on directions for execution. Going to PGConf.dev? Select it as an "Additional Option" when you [register], or [update your registration][register] if you've already registered. Hope to see you there! ---

## Extension Ecosystem Mini-Summit 2.0 We are also once again hosting a series of virtual gatherings in the lead-up to the Summit, the [Postgres Extension Ecosystem Mini-Summit][meetup]. Join us for an hour or so every other Wednesday starting March 12 to hear contributors to a variety of community and commercial extension initiatives outline the problems they want to solve, their attempts to so, challenges discovered along the way, and dreams for an ideal extension ecosystem in the future. Tentative speaker lineup (will post updates as the schedule fills in): * March 12: [David Wheeler], PGXN: "State of the Extension Ecosystem” * March 24: [Peter Eisentraut], Core Team: "Implementing an Extension Search Path" * April 9: [Christoph Berg], Debian: "Apt Extension Packaging" * April 23: [Celeste Horgan], [Sonia Valeja], and [Alexey Palazhchenko]: "The User POV" * May 7: [Gabriele Bartolini], CNPG "Extension Management in CloudNativePG" Join the [meetup] for details. These sessions will be recorded and Posted to the [PGConf.dev YouTube] and we'll have again detailed transcripts. Many thanks to my co-organizers [Floor Drees] and [Yurii Rashkovskii], as well as the [PGConf.dev organizers] for making this all happen! **Update 2025-04-14:** Added the April 23 session topic and panelists. [Extension Ecosystem Summit]: https://www.pgevents.ca/events/pgconfdev2025/schedule/session/241/ "PGConf.dev: Extensions Ecosystem Summit" [PGConf.dev]: https://2025.pgconf.dev "PostgreSQL Development Conference 2025" [register]: https://www.pgevents.ca/events/pgconfdev2025/register/ "Register for PGConf.dev or Update your Registration" [Floor Drees]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/floordrees/ [Yurii Rashkovskii]: https://yrashk.com [Keith Fiske]: https://www.keithf4.com [unconference]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference "Wikipedia: Unconference" [meetup]: https://www.meetup.com/postgres-extensions-ecosystem-mini-summits/ "Postgres Extension Ecosystem Mini-Summit on Meetup" [David Wheeler]: https://justatheory.com/ [Peter Eisentraut]: https://peter.eisentraut.org [Christoph Berg]: https://www.df7cb.de [Celeste Horgan]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celeste-horgan-b65b5a1a/ [Sonia Valeja]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-valeja-69517a140/ [Alexey Palazhchenko]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexeypalazhchenko/overlay/about-this-profile/ [Gabriele Bartolini]: https://www.gabrielebartolini.it [Yurii Rashkovskii]: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/yrashk [Keith Fiske]: https://pgxn.org/user/keithf4 [PGConf.dev YouTube]: https://www.youtube.com/@pgconfdev [PGConf.dev organizers]: https://2025.pgconf.dev/about/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ❖ Wednesday, 5 Mar 2025 By David E. Wheeler https://justatheory.com/2025/03/extension-ecosystem-summit/ More about... * Postgres: https://justatheory.com/tags/postgres/ * PGXN: https://justatheory.com/tags/pgxn/ * Extensions: https://justatheory.com/tags/extensions/ * PGConf: https://justatheory.com/tags/pgconf/ * Montréal: https://justatheory.com/tags/montr%C3%A9al/ * Summit: https://justatheory.com/tags/summit/