Chris Travers - Timescale Blog

A PostgreSQL Developer’s Perspective: Five Interesting Patches From January’s Commitfest

7 Mar 2023 6 min read

In this recap of January’s Commitfest, our PostgreSQL developer Chris Travers shares his thoughts on improvements to psql, software development with infinite values, transaction ID wraparound problems, and more.

How TimescaleDB Solves Common PostgreSQL Problems in Database Operations With Data Retention Management

26 Jan 2023 10 min read

Poor partition management when handling data retention can lead to outages of your PostgreSQL database. Read how TimescaleDB solves this using lock minimization strategies.

A PostgreSQL Developer's Perspective: Six Interesting Patches From November's Commitfest

11 Jan 2023 7 min read

From security to data encryption improvements, Chris Travers shares his PostgreSQL developer perspective on six of the latest commitfest patches.

A PostgreSQL Developer's Perspective: Five Interesting Patches From September's Commitfest

2 Nov 2022 8 min read

Welcome to our new blog series! Every other month, Timescale’s developer advocate, Chris Travers, will use his PostgreSQL developer perspective to feel the pulse of the beloved database by looking into new commitfest patches.