Christopher Travers
Employers on the program
- 2020–2023Timescale3 talks
- 2019–2023Adjust GmbH4 talks
Appearances by year
- PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
- FOSDEM
- FOSDEM PGDay
- PGConf India
- PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)
- PGConf.DE (PostgreSQL Conference Germany)
- Postgres Conference (PostgresConf)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2023 | PGCon 2023 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | What Timescale's Approach to Dropping Chunks Tells Us About Concurrent DDL as TimescaleDB Date: 2023-06-01 Time: 09:00–09:45 Room: DMS 1120 Level: Advanced | |
| Feb 22, 2023 | PGConf India 2023 | PGConf India | speaker | Redis vs PostgreSQL: Making the Right Choice as Timescale .pdf) With the rise of NoSQL databases, a number of falsehoods have flourished regarding how to choose a database engine. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 4, 2023 | FOSDEM 2023 | FOSDEM | speaker | The Human Factor: Why Database teams Need Crew Resource ManagementOur industry talks a great deal about human error, with the idea that we can automate away human mistakes. However, we are generally missing a fundamental and…Show lessOur industry talks a great deal about human error, with the idea that we can automate away human mistakes. However, we are generally missing a fundamental and technical model of how we as humans operate, and what can be done to minimize errors and maximize good outcomes. | SlidesVideo |
| Feb 3, 2023 | FOSDEM PGDay 2023 | FOSDEM PGDay | speaker | Crazy Things You Can Do with PostgreSQL Indexes as Adjust GmbH Of the relational databases, PostgreSQL is fairly unique in the indexing capabilities it offers. | |
| Dec 2, 2021 | PGConf NYC 2021 | PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026) | speaker | When it All Goes Wrong: Database Incident Response Dos and Don'ts as Adjust GmbH When things go wrong with large, heavily loaded systems, it can take a significant amount of time to recover. For this reason, the same response patterns with…Show lessWhen things go wrong with large, heavily loaded systems, it can take a significant amount of time to recover. For this reason, the same response patterns with other critical systems (nuclear power plants, jumbo jets) apply to disaster management here as well. | |
| May 26, 2020 | PGCon 2020 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | tutorial | Advanced Data Modeling Techniques in PostgreSQL as TimescaleDB Date: 2020-05-26 Time: 11:30–13:30 Room: Stream 1 Level: Advanced | SlidesVideo |
| Sep 18, 2019 | Postgres Conference Silicon Valley 2019 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | PostgreSQL as a Big Data Platform as Adjust GmbH In this talk for all audiences, I provide a whirlwind survey of three of our big data environments at Adjust all built on PostgreSQL. | Slides |
| May 10, 2019 | PGConf.DE 2019 | PGConf.DE (PostgreSQL Conference Germany) | speaker | PostgreSQL as a Big Data Platform as Adjust GmbH This talk will provide a basic tour of three of our big data projects at Adjust and discuss why we use PostgreSQL as a big data platform. | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Frost | 4 | — | 2023 |
| Bruce Momjian | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Ilya Kosmodemiansky | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Jonathan S. Katz | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Pavlo Golub | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Alexander Korotkov | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Alexander Kukushkin | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Andrey Borodin | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Hannu Krosing | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Joe Conway | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Jônatas Davi Paganini | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Lukas Fittl | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Mark Wong | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Melanie Plageman | 2 | — | 2023 |
| Nikolay Samokhvalov | 2 | — | 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.