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Back End/Databases: Local vs 'Cloud', Latest News From PostgreSQL
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Kev Quirk ☛ Local vs Cloud
By contrast, local doesn’t just mean “the laptop you’re holding”. It includes anything you own and control: your PC, a server in a cupboard, or a NAS on your home network.
Once you see it this way, the Waveform question becomes more interesting. Because I think local can include your own private cloud.
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PostgreSQL ☛ Pgpool-II 4.6.4, 4.5.9, 4.4.14, 4.3.17 and 4.2.24 released.
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PostgreSQL ☛ FOSDEM PGDay 2026 - CfP and registration open!
The call for papers is now open for FOSDEM PGDay 2026. The CfP will run until December 15, 2025 at 11:59 CET. We will aim to notify speakers by December 17th, 2025 and publish the schedule before Christmas.
FOSDEM PGDay 2026 is a one-day conference that will be held ahead of the main FOSDEM event in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, January 30st, 2026. This will be a PostgreSQL-focused event. This year, FOSDEM PGDay will feature two tracks of talks! This conference day will be for-charge with a registration of EUR 75, and will be held at the Brussels Marriott Hotel. Registration is required to attend and since we have a limited number of seats available for this event, we urge everybody to register as soon as possible.
PostgreSQL Europe will not have its usual devroom, but we invite all community members to visit the PostgreSQL booth and the Databases devroom at the main FOSDEM conference. No main FOSDEM events require registration.
For full details about the conference, venue and hotel, see the event website.
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PostgreSQL ☛ SynchDB 1.3 Released - FDW-based Snapshot Engine with PostgreSQL 18 and IvorySQL 5 Support
Dear Community Members,
We are excited to announce the release of SynchDB 1.3, delivering a major performance enhancement with the new FDW-based snapshot engine and expanded platform support for PostgreSQL 18 and IvorySQL 5.
What's New in SynchDB 1.3:
FDW-based Snapshot Engine: A much faster alternative to Debezium's initial snapshot process, making OpenLog Replicator (OLR) connector a fully native snapshot + CDC pipeline with significantly reduced latency and overhead for large Oracle datasets. Applicable to OpenLog Replicator and Oracle connector types via oracle_fdw.
Revamped Statistics Views: New categorized views for better observability — synchdb_genstats for batch event processing, synchdb_snapstats for initial snapshot, and synchdb_cdcstats for CDC process monitoring.
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PostgreSQL ☛ PGDay UK 2026: Registration and calls for papers and sponsors now open!
PGDay UK 2026 will take place in London on September 8th at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London, UK.
Our Call for Papers, Call for Sponsors and registration are now open.