In Episode 1 of The Builders: A Postgres Podcast, host Gulcin Yildirim Jelinek, EDB Staff Engineer, and guest Peter Eisentraut, EDB Chief Engineer VP and core PostgreSQL contributor, highlight the exciting developments in PostgreSQL 16, covering a spectrum of topics, including SQL standards, locale support, collations and more. Peter shares insights into his upcoming PGConf.EU talk on pg_failover_slots and its role in preserving logical replication during physical replication failover. The discussion extends to security considerations, including column encryption and transparent data encryption (TDE) and security standards in general. 

Listen now to explore Postgres' evolution and get a glimpse into the future of Postgres development, including AI integration for tasks like query optimization and SQL injection detection!