Floor Drees

Principal Program Manager

Floor is a Principal Program Manager at EDB. She previously worked in Developer Relations roles at Aiven, Grafana Labs, and Microsoft. She organizes PGDay Lowlands, is a member of the PostgreSQL Code of Conduct Committee, and a member of the PostgreSQL Europe Diversity Committee. She's a member of DevOpsDays Core (current Co-chair) and organizes the DevOpsDays Amsterdam conference. Approach with chicken/dinosaur content.

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From October 20-23, the global Postgres community will descend upon the beautiful Palacio de Congresos in Valencia, Spain, for PGConf EU. I compiled an overview of the sessions and community events EDB colleagues are running.
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글쓴이: Floor Drees 게시일: 2025년 11월 24일 EDB는 PostgreSQL 개발에 잠재력을 가진 동료들이 실제 PostgreSQL 컨트리뷰터(Contributor)로 성장할 수 있도록 지원하는 Developer U 프로그램을 올해 초 시작했습니다. 사람들의 성장 이야기에 관심이 많은 저는 프로그램 참가자들을 만나 참여 동기와 목표, 그리고 이들이 개발 중인 패치(Patch)에 관해 이야기를 나누었습니다. 이번 글에서는 첫 번째 주인공인 Akshay Joshi를 소개합니다. pgAdmin 개발 경험을 쌓아온 그가 Developer U를 통해 PostgreSQL 핵심 개발에 도전하게 된 과정과 오픈소스 커뮤니티에서 얻은 경험을 살펴보겠습니다. pgAdmin을 이끄는 엔지니어 Akshay...
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글쓴이: Floor Drees 게시일: 2025년 11월 24일 EDB는 PostgreSQL 개발 잠재력을 가진 구성원이 실제 PostgreSQL 커뮤니티 기여를 경험하고 컨트리뷰터로 성장할 수 있도록 올해 초 Developer U 프로그램을 시작했습니다. 이 글에서는 Developer U 참가자인 Vaibhav Dalvi가 첫 번째 PostgreSQL 업스트림 패치를 준비하며 경험한 코드 리뷰와 문서화, 커뮤니티 협업 과정을 살펴봅니다. 또한 그가 앞으로 도전하려는 쿼리 최적화, WAL, 논리적 복제 분야의 목표도 소개합니다. Developer U 참가자 Vaibhav Dalvi Vaibhav Dalvi는 Staff SDE(Staff Software Development Engineer)입니다. 2018년...
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Postgres Summit US 2026 (formerly: PGConf NYC) will take place September 30 - October 2, at Convene, in New York. EDB is joining the event as a sponsor at the Gold-level. Our team of Postgres experts, core contributors, and innovators have secured a stellar lineup of sessions through the Call for Papers. From cloud-native transformations to deep-dive database internals, we’re covering a wide range...
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The Brazilian PostgreSQL community is gearing up for one of the most anticipated events of the year: PGConf.Brasil 2026. Taking place in the city of Blumenau from September 2 - 4, this year’s conference features no less than 13 sessions by EDB colleagues.
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April 8 marked the start of feature freeze for PostgreSQL 19. For anyone unfamiliar with the PostgreSQL development cycle, that means that as of April 8 no new features are accepted for the upcoming major version. From April until the final release in the second part of the year, the community works on beta releases, bug fixes, and documentation. If a major feature isn't ready by the April...
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We wrote about the program we run internally for colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL development on this blog before. Last week, a good portion of that group met in-person for the 3rd time. A summary of the topics discussed, patches submitted, and a look ahead to what's next for this group.
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Last week, we attended the annual PGConf.dev as a Gold-level sponsor. While most PostgreSQL conferences usually attract users and DBAs, this event draws a strong mix of contributors and community members alike, making it a unique opportunity to get proposals and patches reviewed and to connect across the broader Postgres ecosystem. Our team played a major role behind the scenes. Robert Haas helped...
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PGConf.dev is heading to Vancouver, Canada, from May 19–22, bringing together the users, developers, and community organizers driving the future of PostgreSQL. EDB is proud to be a Gold-level sponsor this year, with our own Robert Haas serving as an organizer and Jacob Champion contributing to the Program Committee. Following a highly successful Call for Papers, we’ve put together this preview of the EDB-led sessions you won't want to miss.
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Last week, EDB engineers Matheus Alcantara and Euler Taveira attended the ISO/IEC SQL Standards Committee meeting in São Paulo as invited guests, supported remotely by veteran member Peter Eisentraut. The duo compared the collaborative environment to a PostgreSQL "Commitfest," where technical papers are proposed, debated, and refined much like code patches.