Claire Giordano

One of the sayings about development in the Postgres world is “it’s not just open source, it’s open engineering.” In the spirit of openness, this talk will show you how to increase the impact and the reach of your Postgres blog posts. These best practices begin with empathy for your readers—and cover lots of ground from there, including key things to know about SEO, as well as tips on how to promote your blog post. This talk is an updated version of the PGConf EU 2022 talk I gave in Berlin and it's not just theory: real-world examples are included throughout the talk.

Postgres is growing like gangbusters: in popularity, in adoption, and in the size of the ecosystem. And over 400 developers contribute code to Postgres today: their expertise, design chops, and skill are big factors in the increasing popularity of Postgres. But what if you’re not a developer? Are there things you can do to help grow the usage and popularity of Postgres? And are these non-code ways to contribute to Postgres important? Valued? Will they make a real difference?

If you love Postgres and want to help drive Fibonacci growth of the Postgres community, this talk is for you. I’ll walk through 21 different (and important) ways to contribute to Postgres—along with tips and resources for getting started.