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Agents Gone Awry on Postgres SBOMs: Start Over

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ September 15, 2026 ⋅ Leave a comment

If you were wondering, it’s the SBOM thing that I mentioned the other day. Postgres Extensions in containers with full inventory, provenance and attestation. I’ve been using plenty of AI Agents to put this together. This blog is a little scattered (apologies) but as they say, I didn’t have time to write a short letter. … Continue reading →

Major Developments in Postgres Extension Discovery and Distribution

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ March 21, 2024

PostgreSQL “extensions” are a big part of what makes this database special. The developers building the core Postgres database are amazing. But many people don’t realize just how much of a “data platform” Postgres is (borrowing this phrase from something Craig Kerstiens recently posted online) and just how decentralized the development is for PostgreSQL’s capabilities. … Continue reading →

Copy-and-Paste A New Postgres Dev Env In 5 Min

Posted by Jeremy ⋅ January 8, 2024 ⋅ 1 Comment

You can cut-and-paste the following commands to quickly get a new & clean dev environment for working with PostgreSQL source code. This includes Michael Paquier’s powerful script kit for managing the PostgreSQL development environment. Setting up from scratch takes me about 5 minutes, plus 3 minutes to configure, compile and install PostgreSQL for testing. Running the … Continue reading →