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Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano

Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano

Update: 2025-11-13
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Postgres has quietly become the world’s favorite database...running startups, governments, and global clouds alike. Scott talks with Claire Giordano, long-time Postgres advocate and technologist, about the database’s unlikely rise from academic roots to modern dominance. They explore its design philosophy, the open-source community that fuels it, and why Postgres keeps winning even in the age of AI and hyperscale data.

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Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano

Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano

Scott Hanselman