Date: 2025-05-14
Time: 17:00–17:25
Room: Breakout Room 1
Level: Beginner
There are several popular Postgres developer workshops that are useful for new Postgres contributors looking to skill up: workshops like “Intro to Hacking on Postgres” and “Patch Review Workshop”. And then there is the new mentoring program spearheaded by Robert Haas. But what about before a developer is ready to roll up their sleeves and start contributing to Postgres. Are there useful, foundational things for developers to learn before joining the Postgres project?
In this talk, I’ll share insights from 10 Postgres major contributors about things they learned before becoming Postgres contributors—lessons they believe were instrumental to becoming an effective Postgres hacker. I’ll share what these Postgres major contributors believe are required reading, what conference talks are required viewing, what READMEs they recommend, & what types of projects to work on before joining Postgres, & more.