A Community Gathering Where PostgreSQL Internals Meet AI Innovation
Hyderabad PGDays 2026 is bringing the PostgreSQL community together on August 20–21 at JNTUH, Hyderabad, organized by the Hyderabad PostgreSQL Group (PgHyd).
This year, the conversations go beyond databases.
From understanding what happens inside PostgreSQL to building highly available production architectures, exploring Postgres-native AI systems, and discussing how AI is changing the future of software delivery, the event reflects how quickly the technology landscape is evolving.
For OpenSource DB (OSDB), this is an opportunity to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and contribute to the growing PostgreSQL ecosystem.
Four Talks – One Bigger Journey
The sessions bring together four important perspectives:
“Building Postgres-Native AI Systems and Autonomous Agents” by SivaShankar
The relationship between PostgreSQL and AI is moving into an exciting new phase.
This training session on Day1 explores how PostgreSQL can become part of the AI ecosystem through AI agents, MCP, pgvector, RAG, vectorization, and machine learning capabilities.
Using OSDBcortex and the autonomous assistant “Gaja” as a living case study, the session looks at how AI systems can work alongside PostgreSQL while maintaining operational boundaries and production-oriented guardrails.
The bigger idea is simple: The database is no longer only where AI applications store data. It can become part of how those applications reason, operate, and learn from data.
Timing: August 20th,2026 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Room: Main Auditorium.
“The Value Shift: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining the Economics of Software Delivery” by Vishnu Das & Hari Kiran
AI is changing more than technology. It is also changing how software and technology services create and measure value.
This keynote explores the movement from traditional effort-based models toward Outcome-Based Revenue (OBR)—connecting technology delivery more closely with measurable business outcomes.
As AI continues to transform engineering and software delivery, the conversation is increasingly shifting from:
“How much work was performed?” to “What value was created?”
Timing: August 21st,2026 9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Room: Main Auditorium.
“Designing a near-zero RPO and RTO PostgreSQL architecture with open-source HA stack” by Venkat Akhil
Production databases need more than replication. This session focuses on building a complete PostgreSQL high-availability architecture using an open-source HA stack that brings together Patroni, etcd, Keepalived, HAProxy, and PgBouncer.
The focus is on how these technologies work together to build resilient PostgreSQL environments designed for high availability, fast failover, and reliable application connectivity.
It is a practical reminder that high availability is an architecture—not a single tool.
Timing: August 21st,2026 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Room: Main Auditorium.
“Under the Hood of PostgreSQL: The Shared Memory Architecture That Enables MVCC and Concurrency” by Shameer Bhupathi
PostgreSQL’s power begins beneath the SQL layer. This session takes a closer look at the internals that enable PostgreSQL concurrency, including MVCC, shared memory, WAL, locks, and the background processes that keep the database running efficiently.
Understanding these fundamentals helps database engineers move beyond simply using PostgreSQL to understanding how PostgreSQL behaves in real production environments.
Timing: August 21st,2026 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Room: Main Auditorium.
Why do these talks matter?
PostgreSQL has always been more than a database engine.
It has grown through an open-source community that continuously pushes the boundaries of performance, reliability, extensibility, and innovation.
Today, that evolution is moving into new areas:
- Production-grade performance and reliability
- High availability and resilient architectures
- AI agents and autonomous systems
- Vector search and AI-native workloads
- Intelligent monitoring and data-driven operations
- Outcome-focused technology delivery
The opportunity is not simply to adopt new technologies. It is to understand how these technologies can work together.
A Community built around learning
Events like Hyderabad PGDays are important because technology communities grow through knowledge sharing.
Developers, DBAs, architects, engineers, students, contributors, and technology enthusiasts come together to share experiences, ask questions, learn from one another, and build stronger open-source ecosystems.
The official PGHyd event highlights this community spirit through its Community Hub, focused on bringing Hyderabad’s technology communities together to meet, connect, join, and grow.
For OpenSource DB, participating in this ecosystem means more than presenting technology.
Community Hub @ Hyderabad PGDays 2026
Connecting Hyderabad’s Technology Communities Under One Roof
PGDays Hyderabad 2026 is not only about PostgreSQL—it is also about bringing the wider technology community together.
The Community Hub creates a space where people can:
Meet — Discover and meet local technology communities.
Connect — Build meaningful relationships, exchange ideas, and find opportunities to collaborate.
Join — Become part of new communities and continue learning beyond the event.
Because strong technology ecosystems are built not only through great tools and ideas, but through people, collaboration, and communities coming together.
It is about sharing practical knowledge, contributing to the PostgreSQL community, and learning from the engineers who work with these technologies every day.
What to expect from PGDays Hyderabad 2026
- Deep PostgreSQL knowledge
- Production-focused architecture
- AI and autonomous database systems
- Real-world engineering conversations
- Community networking and collaboration
- Ideas shaping the next generation of PostgreSQL
What comes next?
The PostgreSQL ecosystem continues to evolve. The next generation of database platforms will not be defined only by how much data they can store or how quickly they can execute a query.
They will increasingly be judged by how well they can:
perform → scale → survive failures → understand data → integrate with AI → automate operations → deliver measurable outcomes.
And PostgreSQL is already becoming an important part of that journey.
From the internals that power concurrency, to the architectures that protect production systems, to AI systems that operate alongside PostgreSQL, the direction is clear:
PostgreSQL is continuing to evolve—and the community is evolving with it.
We’re excited to be part of PGDays Hyderabad 2026 and to contribute to these conversations.
A big thank you to the Hyderabad PostgreSQL Group (PgHyd) for bringing the community together and creating a platform for learning, sharing, and collaboration.
See you at the OSDB booth during the PGDays Hyderabad 2026 event! 🚀
📍 JNTUH, Hyderabad
📅 August 20–21, 2026