Greece PostgreSQL Users Group (PgGreece)

📣 CALL FOR PROPOSALS: PgGreece 2nd Meetup! 🇬🇷🐘 The Greece PostgreSQL Users Group is back! After a successful launch in February, we are now curating the lineup for our next event (late May / early June). Got a Postgres story to tell? From tough migrations to query optimizations or AI integrations, we want to provide a platform for your expertise. We are looking for 15-30 minute technical or case-study talks. 🔗 Submit by April 30th here: https://lnkd.in/daRibVea 🚀 Big news incoming: Our official Meetup.com page is launching soon! Follow this page to be the first to know when RSVPs open. Let's build the Greek Postgres community together. #Postgres #PgGreece #TechCommunity #CallForSpeakers #GreeceTech #Database #OpenSourceGreece #OpenSource #PostgreSQL

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 1st Greece PostgreSQL Users Group meetup! We had a fantastic turnout, great feedback, and it was incredible to see so many local developers and DBAs ready to kickstart this community. As we discussed, this community belongs to all of us. To help us steer the ship for the next event, we need your voices. 1️⃣ Give us your feedback: https://lnkd.in/dsjhY6Z2 2️⃣ Join the PgGreece Discord: https://lnkd.in/dJu9pVsJ Thank you for making our first event a success. Let's keep building! Eftychia Kitsou, Panagiotis Stathopoulos, Florents Tselai 🙏 Special thanks to Percona for sponsoring our venue, Impact Hub Athens. 🙏 #PostgreSQL #PgGreece #AthensTech #OpenSource

🚀 1 day to go for the 1st ever Greece PostgreSQL Users Group meetup! 🐘 Besides welcoming you all—and organizing this for the last few months, I will be giving the introductory presentation. Talk about breaking some ice right there! 💥 In my talk, "Decentralized Power: How the Postgres Community Actually Works," I’ll explore the unique governance and philosophy that keeps PostgreSQL independent, global, and thriving. Beyond the code, this meetup is about the people. You and me. Whether you’re a contributor, a DBA, or just curious about how open-source giants operate, I can’t wait to meet you all in person and kick off this journey together. 🕒 Doors open at 18:00. See you tomorrow at Impact Hub Athens! #PostgreSQL #PostgresGreece #AthensTech #OpenSource #TechMeetup #SQL #CommunityBuilding #TechLeadership #SoftwareFreedom #Decentralization #WomenInTech

🚀2 days to go! In a world of increasing threats, "default" security is no longer enough. It’s time to talk about high-stakes database environments. 🏦 I’m excited to introduce Panagiotis Stathopoulos, Enterprise Architect at Percona. Takis brings over 20 years of experience in the Open Source community and has specialized in applying these technologies to some of the most demanding environments out there. In his talk, "Hardening Enterprise Postgres: Lessons from Banking," he’ll be diving into regulatory requirements, the challenges of international banking, and what it really takes to migrate from proprietary databases to Postgres. A huge thank you to Takis and the Percona team - their support is actually what made it possible for us to host everyone at the Impact Hub Athens! Remember to RSVP! See you there! #PostgreSQL #PostgresGreece #AthensTech #OpenSource #CyberSecurity #FinTech #ISO27001 #Percona #EnterpriseIT #Hardening #DatabaseSecurity #InfoSec

🚀 5 days to go! It’s easy to take PostgreSQL’s reliability for granted, but its evolution is driven by a small, dedicated group of global developers. Next up is Florents Tselai, a data generalist and open-source developer who lives and breathes database internals. Flo has authored multiple PostgreSQL extensions and is a code contributor to the project globally. Having someone with this level of expertise in our local community is a massive win. In his session, Flo will recap the essential features you might have missed—from the powerful SQL/JSON capabilities in PG17 to the game-changing Async I/O and virtual generated columns in PG18. We’ll also look at the development roadmap for PG19 and find out exactly how we can influence the release before the upcoming feature freeze. 📍 See you at Impact Hub Athens. Remember to RSVP! #PostgreSQL #PostgresGreece #AthensTech #OpenSource #TechMeetup #Postgres18 #Postgres19 #DataEngineering #DatabaseInternals #AsyncIO #SoftwareArchitecture

7 days left until our 1st ever meetup! Let’s meet our speakers one-by-one. 🐘 Eftychia Kitsou is a PostgreSQL & MySQL DBA with 9 years of experience, currently based in Athens. Previously at Zendesk, she worked on production database environments at scale. In her talk, “Autovacuum: Why Your Database Needs Housekeeping Too,” she explores MVCC and the tuple lifecycle, table and index bloat, autovacuum tuning, and practical strategies for monitoring and fixing bloat. 📍 Impact Hub Athens 🔗 RSVP via LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/dsswV7Sq #PostgreSQL #DBA #DatabasePerformance #PostgresGreece #AthensTech #SQL #DatabaseAdministration #BackendDevelopment #ZendeskEng #PerformanceTuning #OpenSource #WomenInTech

10 days left for the 1st ever Greece PostgreSQL Users Group meetup! 🐘 🇬🇷 Don't forget to RSVP. See you there!

✨ A new chapter for PostgreSQL in Greece begins. ✨ PostgreSQL powers the most critical systems in our country—from government infrastructure to the fastest-growing tech startups. Yet, the community has lacked a central home. Until now. We are excited to invite you to the inaugural meetup of PgGreece. This isn't just a gathering; it’s the founding of a community designed to connect, educate, and elevate every PostgreSQL user in Greece. Why join us for the first one? Meet the Founders: Connect with the team (including core contributors) building this community from the ground up. The Talks: Focused insights into PostgreSQL's role in modern engineering and data management. Shape the Future: Have a say in what you want this community to become. 🎟️ RSVP is mandatory. Spaces are limited. Please ensure you RSVP here on LinkedIn to secure your spot. If your plans change, please update your status to help us manage venue capacity. Come for the talks, stay for the crowd. Let’s build this together. 🐘🇬🇷 #PostgreSQL #PgGreece #TechGreece #OpenSource #DataEngineering #AthensTech