The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things with Boriss Mejías | Talking Postgres Ep32
What do chess clocks, jazz, and Postgres replication have in common? In Episode 32 of Talking Postgres, solution architect Boriss Mejías shares how the idea of “interconnectedness”—inspired by Douglas Adams—can help you untangle complex Postgres questions. We explore OpenAI’s approach to scaling Postgres, how Postgres active-active mirrors Sparta’s dual kingship, and how a holistic approach can reveal the behavior of synchronous replication. Also: Beethoven’s 17 drafts, and why chasing perfection can hold you back. Listen to learn more about Boriss, Postgres, and the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.Chapters:
⏩ 00:00 Music & introduction
⏩ 02:04 Postgres stickers on a train
⏩ 05:13 Chaotic and unstructured brain
⏩ 10:31 Holistic approach to Postgres problems
⏩ 14:12 Sparta's dual-Kingship & Postgres active-active
⏩ 23:24 Case at FOSDEM: WAL files & replication
⏩ 28:43 Chess, Postgres, & dealing with failure
⏩ 34:12 Perfectionism, Postgres releases, & evolution
⏩ 47:26 Music, metal, & the creative process
⏩ 50:30 Database modeling & the New York Jazz Scene
⏩ 54:44 Jamming at a Harlem jazz club
⏩ 01:00:37 Collaboration, animals, & Viktor Frankl
⏩ 01:10:18 Boriss’s advice about failure (to past self)
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Links mentioned in this episode:
🔹 Podcast Ep32 of Talking Postgres, about Asynchronous IO with Andres Freund: https://youtu.be/bVei7-AyMJ8?si=Ff-RHbKV0zwG5Q2t
🔹 Podcast Ep03 of Talking Postgres with Álvaro Herrera & Boriss Mejías: https://youtu.be/RIvG_2ErRlU?si=8JqBfQA0raGLs7TO
🔹 Wikipedia: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Gently's_Holistic_Detective_Agency
🔹 Talk at PGConf NYC 2025: Scaling Postgres to the Next Level at OpenAI, by Bohan Zhang: https://postgresql.us/events/pgconfus2025/schedule/session/1953-scaling-postgres-to-the-next-level-at-openai/
🔹 Video of PGConf.dev 2025 talk: Scaling Postgres to the Next Level at OpenAI, by Bohan Zhang: https://youtu.be/Ni1SGhNu-Q4?si=ootkBLLyLK6T5y8M
🔹 Talk at PGConf NYC 2025: Improved Freezing in Postgres Vacuum: From Idea to Commit, by Melanie Plageman: https://postgresql.us/events/pgconfus2025/schedule/session/2080-improved-freezing-in-postgres-vacuum-from-idea-to-commit/
🔹 Talk at PGConf NYC 2025: Database Modeling to Study the New York Jazz Scene, by Boriss Mejías: https://postgresql.us/events/pgconfus2025/schedule/session/2132-database-modeling-to-study-the-new-york-jazz-scene/
🔹 Jazz Club in NYC: Patrick’s Place in Harlem: https://www.patricksplaceharlem.com/
🔹 Video of PGConf EU 2024 talk: Sparta’s Dual-Kingship and PostgreSQL Active-Active, by Boriss Mejías: https://youtu.be/PMJWW8qUs2M?si=HQ-P9W74sF49IbKN
🔹 Video of POSETTE 2025 talk: Postgres Storytelling: Cunning Schema Design with Creative Data Modeling: https://youtu.be/NfnDVDPXn0w?si=OS2YRzInjR3ZfMc1
🔹 Talk at FOSDEM PGDay 2024: High Availability Configurations Are Very Common for PostgreSQL, by Boriss Mejías and Derk van Veen: https://www.postgresql.eu/events/fosdem2024/schedule/session/5164-high-available-configurations-are-very-common-for-postgresql-but-how-do-you-investigate-performance-problems-when-the-standby-cant-keep-up/
🔹 PGDay Lowlands 2025, the second year of this “second-best Postgres conference in Europe”: https://2025.pgday.nl/
🔹 Schedule: for upcoming PGConf EU 2025 conference in Latvia: https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfeu2025/schedule/
🔹 Wikipedia: Chess clock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_clock
🔹 Book: Daily Rituals, by Mason Currey: https://www.masoncurrey.com/daily-rituals
🔹 Article: “It Takes Two to Think”, by Itai Yanai & Martin J. Lercher: https://bsky.app/profile/itaiyanai.bsky.social/post/3lls5mvkbxs2t
🔹 Poem: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Coleridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner
🔹 Wikipedia: City of Bruges, Belgium, a good place for beer and cheese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges
🔹 Calendar invite: LIVE recording of Ep33 of Talking Postgres to happen on Wed Nov 05, 2025: https://aka.ms/TalkingPostgres-Ep33-cal
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