Illinois Prairie PUG Meetup

Dear Illinois Prairie PUG members,

Our next meetup will take place on November 18, and that will be the last meetup of 2025! Our guest speaker will be Jay Miller, Developer Advocate at Aiven, and we are delighted to welcome him back!

Talk title:
I'm afraid of the Database:
How to gain confidence in PostgreSQL as an App Developer

Talk Description:

As an app developer, my goal is to serve my users. I may love my tech stack, but secretly, I am terrified of the data layer.

In the AI world, we have more and more app developers, but with all this data lying around, we need to ensure that PostgreSQL as a community is approachable. This talk will look at my vibe coded application can how I used it to be less fearful of PostgreSQL.

About the speaker:
Jay Miller is a Staff Developer Advocate at Aiven. Jay is also the founder of Black Python Devs, where they work to extend the reach of Python communities, projects, and organizations to Black developers around the globe. When away from the keyboard, they can often be found cheering on their favorite baseball team.

Event location: DRW Training Center, 540 W. Madison, 25th floor.

A reminder about our venue:

- This is a high-security building, which means the names of all participants should be communicated no later than 7:30 AM on the day of the event, and all participants must present a government-issued ID to be admitted. If your meetup profile does not list your full name, please send a DM with the required information to me (Hettie). Please make sure to do so not later than the day before the meetup. Registration for all in-person events will be closed by 7-30 AM the day of the event.
- The food order will be placed a day before the event, so I strongly encourage everybody planning to attend to RSVP at least a day before.

Please RSVP to this event only if you are attending in person.
If you are planning to attend virtually, please wait for a separate invite.

Hope to see you there!

Hettie Dombrovskaya
Illinois Prairie PostgreSQL User Group Organizer