Alexander Sosna
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU)
- FOSDEM
- FOSDEM PGDay
- PGConf.DE (PostgreSQL Conference Germany)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | FOSDEM 2026 | FOSDEM | speaker | Zero-Downtime Upgrades: PostgreSQL and OS/glibc at Global Scale as GitLab Upgrading high load PostgreSQL databases is a challenge on its own. When having customers around the globe with tight SLAs, the requirement arises to execute…Show lessUpgrading high load PostgreSQL databases is a challenge on its own. When having customers around the globe with tight SLAs, the requirement arises to execute these upgrades with minimal or even no downtime at all. | SlidesVideo |
| Jan 30, 2026 | FOSDEM PGDay 2026 | FOSDEM PGDay | speaker | Zero-Downtime Upgrades: PostgreSQL and OS/glibc at Global Scale as GitLab Upgrading high load PostgreSQL databases is a challenge on its own. | Slides |
| Dec 12, 2023 | PGConf.EU 2023 (13th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | How we execute PostgreSQL major upgrades at GitLab, with zero downtime. as GitLab Upgrading your high available, high load PostgreSQL databases can be a challenge own its own. When having customers around the globe with tight SLAs, the…Show lessUpgrading your high available, high load PostgreSQL databases can be a challenge own its own. When having customers around the globe with tight SLAs, the requirement arises to execute these upgrades with minimal or even without any downtime. | SlidesVideo |
| Oct 25, 2022 | PGConf.EU 2022 (12th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | speaker | PostgreSQL at GitLab.com as GitLab Welcome to the architecture of GitLab. In our talk, we will present the topology of our database ecosystem with PostgreSQL and how we manage to support over 60k…Show lessWelcome to the architecture of GitLab. In our talk, we will present the topology of our database ecosystem with PostgreSQL and how we manage to support over 60k TPS on the master and >1M TPS in total. | Slides |
| May 13, 2022 | PGConf.DE 2022 | PGConf.DE (PostgreSQL Conference Germany) | speaker | PostgreSQL at GitLab.com as GitLab Welcome to the architecture of GitLab. In our talk, we will present the topology of our database ecosystem with PostgreSQL and how we manage to support over 60k…Show lessWelcome to the architecture of GitLab. In our talk, we will present the topology of our database ecosystem with PostgreSQL and how we manage to support over 60k TPS on the master and >1M TPS on the whole cluster. | Slides |
| Oct 15, 2019 | PGConf.EU 2019 (11th PostgreSQL Conference Europe) | PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU) | sponsored talk | An Elephants Habitat as credativ With the broad adoption of PostgreSQL in enterprise and cloud environments the elephant needs more and more specialized and sophisticated tools to meet all the…Show lessWith the broad adoption of PostgreSQL in enterprise and cloud environments the elephant needs more and more specialized and sophisticated tools to meet all the challenges in those new shiny habitats. Those challenges require the integration and operating of tools for backups, monitoring, operating, high availability, upgrades and many many more. |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Giordano | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Jimmy Angelakos | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Tomas Vondra | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Boriss Mejias | 4 | — | 2023 |
| Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 4 | — | 2023 |
| Ilya Kosmodemiansky | 4 | — | 2023 |
| Julia Gugel | 4 | — | 2023 |
| Lætitia AVROT | 4 | — | 2023 |
| Magnus Hagander | 4 | — | 2023 |
| Bruce Momjian | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Derk van Veen | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Devrim Gündüz | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Dave Page | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Heikki Linnakangas | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Hervé Schweitzer | 3 | — | 2023 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.