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OpenSource DB – May'25 Bulletin
Welcome to the May edition of the OpenSource DB Bulletin!
Keeping you connected with the community – one byte at a time!
📅 May Highlights
📌 Extensions Day| May 11
🌍A day of deep dives and high fives! From performance boosters to obscure-but-brilliant extensions, our community nerded out together and loved every minute of it.
📌 PGDay Montréal | May 13–16
🌍 Global voices, local pride!
Our very own Hari represented Postgres Women India (PWI) at PGDay Montréal, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with global Postgres contributors. It was a proud moment for the community and a step forward in amplifying diverse voices in tech.
📌 Migration Day 2025 | May 31
📍 JNTUH Campus – Golden Jubilee Conference Hall
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
🚀 A deep dive into database modernization!
OpenSourceDB and HexaCluster hosted a power-packed day of learning, collaboration, and community at Migration Day 2025.
From legacy app migrations and monolith-to-microservices transformations to real-world PostgreSQL troubleshooting, the sessions were packed with insights on:
🔹 Modernizing legacy tech stacks
🔹 Migrating from Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL ➡️ PostgreSQL
🔹 Open-source tools and cloud-ready architectures
🔹 Application transformation strategies during DB shifts
💡 Attendees walked away with practical knowledge, fresh perspectives, and new connections in the open-source data world.
✍️ Blogposts from May 2025
🔧 PostgreSQL Deep Dives
- May 7: Understanding PostgreSQL Parameters: Tuning Memory Parameters – By Shameer Bhupathy – Dive into memory tuning and its impact on PostgreSQL performance.
- May 14: PostgreSQL Physical Replication Gone Wrong: A Lesson in Archive Management– By Brahmini Meruva – A real-world diagnostic deep dive into what not to do.
- May 22: Understanding PostgreSQL Parameters: Tuning Vacuum Parameters (Part 1) – By Shameer Bhupathy – What really happens during autovacuum and how to control it.
- May 28: PostgreSQL Installation: A Deep Dive into Its Internal Mechanics – OpenSourceDB – By Shashidhar Dakuri – PostgreSQL Installation a deep dive into its internal mechanics Part-1
🎯 Go-to-Market & Strategy
- May 8: Building Customer Personas That Actually Work (and Keep Working) – By Praveena Sivasankar – A marketing must-read for product teams and founders alike.
- May 15: Cracking Go-To-Market: How Early-Stage Startups Can Launch Smart & Fast – By Praveena Sivasankar – An actionable strategy piece for startup growth.
- May 22: Why Pricing & Positioning Matter – By Praveena Sivasankar – Service strategy for the win.
- May 28: Leveraging No-Code Tools for Fast MVP Testing – OpenSourceDB – By Praveena Sivasankar – Leveraging No-Code Tools for Fast MVP Testing
🔜 Upcoming Events – Mark Your Calendars!
📅 June 12th – Webinar: Mastering PostgreSQL Observability
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM | June 12th 2025 Thursday
Join OpenSource DB and CYBERTEC experts including Pavlo Golub, Amaralingeswara Rao Kaka, and Hari Kiran as they discuss advanced monitoring, PGWatch, performance tuning, and distributed Postgres setups.
🔧 Real-world insights + live Q&A included!
📅 June 21st – PgVizag Meetup #2 (New Date!)
The Vizag crew is back with their second in-person gathering—now happening on June 1st! Expect great talks, local networking, and good vibes. Mark the new date! Check out pgvizag.in for more details.
📅 June 28 – An Open Community Pg Meetup at Chennai 🎉
Venue: IIT Madras Research Park
Time: 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Organized by: Postgres Women India (PWI) in collaboration with IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation
Join us for an inspiring evening of tech, collaboration, and open-source innovation in the PostgreSQL ecosystem. This meetup brings together voices from diverse walks of life, united by their passion for PostgreSQL and the values of open-source.
Theme: An Open Community Pg Meetup – All Are Welcome!
👉 Register here: https://postgreswomen.in/registrations-pwi-iitm/
📅 August 21st to 22nd - Hyderabad Postgres Days 2025
📢 Hyderabad Postgres Days 2025 — This Time, It’s Bigger!
🗓️ Dates: August 21–22, 2025
📍 Venue: JNTU, Hyderabad
We’re back — and this year, we’re going big! Join us for Hyderabad Postgres Days 2025, a two-day PostgreSQL conference happening on August 21–22 at JNTU, Hyderabad.
Expect deep dives into PostgreSQL internals, real-world case studies, performance tuning tips, and community stories — all from developers, DBAs, architects, and open source enthusiasts like you.
🎤 Want to speak?
The Call for Proposals is now open! Share your experience, your experiments, or even your epic database fails — we want to hear it all.
Let’s make this the biggest Postgres gathering in India yet. See you in Hyderabad!
Check out pghyd.in for more details
Stay tuned, stay curious, and as always – May the Postgres be with you 💙