Marc Linster

Geek, rider & reader.
CTO of EDB, world’s leading provider of open source Postgres database

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Postgres - undisputed database leader in Stackoverflow 2023 developer survey!

More than 90,000 developers around the world responded to Stack Overflow’s annual survey on which technologies they’re currently using and which tools they most want to use. P…https://t.co/xnMj2pep3S

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At #pgvision in London. Great attendance. After the kickoff, Lætitia Avrot is giving an overview of Oracle migration with a handson lab https://t.co/lnK6vnczO1

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Looking forward to the event with Miracle 42 in Copenhagen. Its great to see that Postgres adoption is taking off everywhere. https://t.co/LgNHnXboI3

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I recently spoke with Lindsay Clark @TheRegister about enterprises increasingly seeking cloud-based database solutions. Postgres has emerged as a top choice due to its unparalleled flexibility, portability, and ability to run on an…https://t.co/Asuotr0Jhr https://t.co/aBbp98oNaZ

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Pinaz Raut #Kudos You are a great member of the team #TeamPlayer https://t.co/5QSPhyTYsc

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SmarterD is a really interesting connected intelligence platform focused on IT & Security Program Management. Great to hear about the partnership with BCT. #security #intelligence https://t.co/zuuitttTxR

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Jessica Wachtel did a very nice job. I like the very conversational style as its easy to consume and understand.
And, the interview was a lot of fun! #postgres https://t.co/5vuztyxqjJ

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Sarah Conway performed a detailed analysis of all the companies that are contributing to Postgres, especially the most recent release PostgreSQL 15. Take a look at https://t.co/whWA1EG4B0 if you want to understand who the companies are that build Postgres…https://t.co/L2KTv7hLW6

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Sarah Conway's blog () summarizes a benchmark that Mark Wong conducted, showing that storage and IOPS are the often invisible cost factors that can really impact your ROI when you move Postgres to the cloud. #cloud #postgresql https://t.co/vppKAzgrB8

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Two members of the EDB CTO Team are in RedGate's Top 100 top online influencers, recognized for their impact in the database community!
Congratulations Lætitia Avrot and Sarah Conway! https://t.co/j4dtGbCPI0

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Interesting and multi-faceted article in The Register about open source databases, and the interaction between business model and license model. The article includes interviews and comments covering Percona, EDB, MariaDB, Yugabyte,…https://t.co/BgN5eYOTwR https://t.co/Vo5U4yYJY2

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@pgsnake has published some really cool stats about the use of pgAdmin - the premier tool to manage Postgres. https://t.co/OMfEx2EoFx
#pgadmin #postgresql https://t.co/4KavyxZSAJ

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Postgres rocks! https://t.co/Rjwj78z91e

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To all my friends in sales from former employers: @EDB Sales is growing quickly and the timing is excellent to join our team.

I joined EDB nine years ago - I know its one of the best places to work. We do a lot of cool stuff, suc…https://t.co/s5SmAL0iPI https://t.co/O6d0NwTbwn

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@HettieDombr I think the lack of humility is usually the best and easiest way to identify a real impostor (Impostor syndrome is exactly the inverse). Impostors tend to be convinced that they are the smartest people in the room, which forces them to say im…https://t.co/vIjWWkwmZ1

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“The reaction to the node.ipc story has led to concerns about the safety of free and open source software. This malicious code was pushed by a single developer, showing how easy it is for lone wolf actors to maneuver the low thre…https://t.co/rzYgmNGMOd https://t.co/BlOegQFPxC

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I am proud to work for a company that takes a stand. This is a war of aggression that is a direct attack against everything that I value, and the least we can do is to try to support the people of Ukraine financially. https://t.co/XdjDQR8tsy

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@JamesMaguire A9 Vendor lock-in is real. Companies adhered to standards (SQL, JSON, web services) to achieve software vendor independence; they must stick with software that is universally available, like open source, to protect their cloud f... #eweekchat https://t.co/33T5waWdHH

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@JamesMaguire Important to see Cloud == Compute as Service, as opposed to Cloud == Data Center in the Cloud #eweekchat https://t.co/vwWpe8zqD2

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@dangit_hub Do you see the need to be on multiple clouds to get geo coverage? #eweekchat https://t.co/U1H6lCozT0