On 4th of November, 2026, we had the PostgreSQL November Meetup in Berlin. AWS hosted it again, this time we had two speakers from Germany and UK.
The Meetup took place in the Amazontower (EDGE East Side Tower Berlin) in Berlin, across the Uber Arena and right next to the East Side Mall.
Oleksii Kliukin: Opening
Oleksii opened the Meetup with a few general notes
He also reminded attendees that there is PGConf.PL 2026 happening in a few days in Gdańsk. A few tckets are still available.
Daria Nikolaenko: PostgreSQL 19: Features, Internals, and Surprises
Daria works for Data Egret, and in her talk explained all the small and big changes necessary when migrating a database to PostgreSQL version 19. Since the release will happen soon, it’s time to look at the migration path now.
Mehmet Ince: Nobody Gets to Be Superuser (Until I Broke In)
Bilge approached me in València and asked that we can have this talk for our next Meetup. Which was a good idea, because I missed the talk in the previous version at PGConf.EU 2026. Mehmet offered to come from London to Berlin and present at our Meetup.
In his talk, he tells the story how he went down the rabbit hole of memory bugs and security exploits at basically all providers which offer hosted PostgreSQL. The talk also featured recoded demos.
- Slides: Nobody Gets to Be Superuser (Until I Broke In)
- Blog Posting about this talk: Coming soon!
Pizza
There was pizza! Sponsored by AWS, which also provided the drinks.
Thank you
The Meetup was mainly organized by Daria Aleshkova (AWS). Thank you!
Social Event
Afterwards a part of the group went to Molly Malones for a drink, and more discussions.
Speaking at a future Berlin PostgreSQL Meetup
The PostgreSQL Meetup group in Berlin exists since 2015, and currently has around 2100 members.
The Meetup group is always looking for speakers, and venues to host a Meetup.
If you are interested in either speaking about a PostgreSQL-related topic, or if your company is interested in hosting a Meetup, please contact the organizers.
A Meetup is an opportunity to test a talk in front of a smaller audience, before presenting it at a conference. There is no time limit at the Meetup, there is enough time for questions, and the feedback is more direct.
If you are unsure if your topic fits, let’s discuss. Here to help. We are also accepting Lightning Talks.
Social Media profiles
The Berlin PostgreSQL Meetup is present on the following social media profiles:
- LinkedIn: PostgreSQL Meetup Berlin
- Mastodon: @postgresberlin@fosstodon.org
Please follow these accounts for more updates.
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