PostgreSQL September Meetup

We will be hosting our September Meetup.

Thanks to Amazon for sponsoring us. Please note that you have to show sign up with your real name and show a Photo ID to the building security before entering the building. This is a requirement from the building security. If you are not ok with that, please do not sign up.
You can not bring a +1, everyone needs to sign up.
Please only sign up if you plan to come, we will keep notes.

Speakers:
Divyendu Singh: How LLMs Help Us Manage PostgreSQL at Scale
Marko Coha: Postgres in the Cloud

Additional information for Meetup attendees are available here:
https://andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2025-05-05_attending-organizing-or-speaking-at-a-meetup/

How LLMs Help Us Manage PostgreSQL at Scale:
The Xata Agent is an open-source AI PostgreSQL expert. It monitors Postgres clusters by analyzing metrics and logs, checking pg_stat_statements for slow queries, running EXPLAIN and interpreting the output.
We have been using the Agent internally on a large fleet of production PostgreSQL clusters, and we have gathered valuable insights, including:
- Comparing different models and providers and their benefits.
- Combining cloud hosting observability data with Postgres tools.
- The cost implications of using LLMs for database monitoring.
- Testing the agent’s effectiveness in detecting performance regressions.

Postgres in the Cloud:
This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of hosting PostgreSQL in the cloud, examining both strategic benefits and potential trade-offs. Attendees will first gain an understanding of the key reasons organizations choose cloud-based PostgreSQL deployments, including scalability, operational efficiency, and cost optimization. We will explore how cloud platforms can simplify database administration, accelerate time-to-market, and support dynamic workloads, while also enabling global accessibility and high availability.