Emma Saroyan - Discovering Postgres; A Journey into the #1 Open Source Relational Database (PGConf.EU 2024) PostgreSQL is a robust relational database management system that's been under active development for 35+ years. What makes it tick? In this talk, I'll share my journey of how I discovered Postgres and began working with it from the first time. Join me as we discuss: What makes PostgreSQL so successful? What can be improved? What are the different ways you can contribute to the community?