Date: 2025-09-29
Time: 11:30–12:20
Room: Room 4
Level: Beginner
PostgreSQL's success isn’t just the result of its powerful core database—it depends on the rich ecosystem of tools and extensions that support it. Features like backup management, high availability, and extensibility through plugins are critical to its widespread adoption and real-world reliability.
This talk offers a behind-the-scenes look at how various ecosystem projects collaborate with core PostgreSQL development. We'll highlight how Barman was developed in tandem with PostgreSQL 17’s new incremental backup feature. We'll cover how the extension_control_path patch for PostgreSQL 18 introduces a cloud-native way to make extensions available in Postgres deployments, particularly in Kubernetes. We'll also discuss ongoing efforts that aim to unlock a new wave of ecosystem capabilities—particularly around advanced index types.
Attendees will gain insight into how coordinated development across projects strengthens PostgreSQL as a platform and what's coming next from the EDB side of things.