Valeria Kaplan: Elephant in a nutshell - Navigating the Postgres community 101 (PGConf.EU 2023)

Описание: If you are a newcomer to PostgreSQL or want to be more active within the community you need to understand how the community works, what different roles are, where to look for help and who stands behind the “PostgreSQL community”.

This talk will provide an overview of:

different roles within the community, communication channels where one can look for help, conferences and events;
user groups - How to start a user group? What are the steps for having a successful meetups? What are some challenges and where to get support?;
postgres development - commitfest, roles and responsibilities and the overall process.

Presentation will have references to other talks, guides and materials that dive deeper into specific processes within the community. It can be served as a toolbox for anyone who is looking to join and contribute to further development of The World's Most Advanced Open Source Relational Database.