PGConfEU Athene 2024
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The Postgres Meetup group of the Netherlands
On Thursday, Sept 12, already the 3nd “PostgreSQL User Group NL” meetup of 2024, the PostgreSQL meetup group of the Dutch Postgres community!
Whether you are going to attend PGDay Lowlands or not, this event is open to all our community as a great opportunity to chat with some of the speakers and other attendees. We will start with a talk by Jonathan González, one of the main developers of CloudNativePG, who will talk about testing PostgreSQL with the operator, a talk that is well aligned with the “Testing PostgreSQL 17” initiative ( https://2024.pgday.nl/testing-pg/ ). We will continue with a talk by Bilge Ince, Machine Learning Engineer of EDB, who will be talking about her journey as a ML engineer using PostgreSQL, and how she is helping to build the aidb extension.
Deze PostgreSQL Meetup is on the same location as PGDay Lowlands 2024 on friday sept 13th. Food and drinks are provided and free, thanks to EDB!
Program
18:00 – 18:30 Doors open, pizza and drinks
18:30 – 18:40 Welkom by PGDay Lowlands!
18:45 – 19:15 Jonathan Gonzalez – Testing a PostgreSQL Commitfest patch in Kubernetes
“CloudNativePG is a kubernetes operator to manage the PostgreSQL lifecycle inside Kubernetes, most people will look at it as a Kubernetes tool only, but it can help also to quickly build and test a commit fest patch using the built-in E2E test the patch or just to build the image for later local use speeding up the process. The community provides a project that can be forked and used by anyone with a GitHub account, using the free tier runners for the entire automated process. From the community for the community”
19:30 – 20:00 Bilge Ince – Exploring aidb: Machine Learning Extension for PostgreSQL
In this talk, I want to explore the aidb extension that allows you to develop AI applications directly within PostgreSQL, with a demo of setting up and using a model. I’ll showcase a demo app and evaluate the difference using pgvector directly.
20:00 – 20:15 Lightning talks
20:15 – Wrap up, chat and drinks
Lightning Talks
What are Lightning Talks?
A Lightning talk is a short presentation given at a conference or meetup. Unlike other presentations, Lightning Talks last only a few minutes and several are usually given in a short time slot by different speakers. Everyone has the opportunity to give their views, share a short topic or ask for input from the audience in the span of 1 slot.
During the PostgreSQL Usergroup NL meetups, through the Lightning Talks, we provide a low-threshold stage for participants to share their experience and knowledge.
Would you like to submit a Lighting Talk, do you have a short topic, would you like to share something within the PostgreSQL domain or what it touches? Send us an email with your suggestion, your topic, or just your name requesting a time slot and we will schedule you into the Lightning Talks! You can also put your name on the list on the night itself!
Location
De meetup is on the same location as the venue of PGDay Lowlands 2024:
The adress is:
Pakhuis de Zwijger
Piet Heinkade 179
1019 HC Amsterdam
Accessibility:
Pakhuis de Zwijger is highly accessible. By car, it is less than a five-minute drive from the Amsterdam A10 Ring North (exit S116) and the Piet Hein Tunnel (exit S114 Zeeburg/Artis).
Is the parking garage not an option (due to special transport needs)? There are also parking spaces near Pakhuis de Zwijger where you can park with a disabled parking permit. These parking spaces are located at Vriesseveem 4 and Withoedenveem 16.
Are you coming by public transport? From Amsterdam Central Station, take tram 26 towards IJburg and get off at the Kattenburgerstraat stop. You can also take bus 43 towards Borneo Eiland and get off at the Jan Schaeferbrug stop.
Signup for the Meetup
Feel welcome to sign up for this Dutch PostgreSQL community meetup. Thanks in part to the organization of OptimaData, PGDay Lowlands 2024 and EDB, it is a free event including food and drinks. Via the link below you can sign up on our meetup page on meetup.com. don’t have a meetup.com account yet, or are you not yet a member of the PostgreSQL Usergroup NL? Then become a member for free and sign up for the meetup.
