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Talking Postgres with Claire GiordanoFrom Oracle DBA to Postgres contributor with Karen JexWho knew an aptitude test could recommend a career as a DBA—and get it right? In Episode 44 of Talking Postgres, PostgreSQL significant contributor Karen Jex walks Claire through her path from Oracle DBA to Postgres consultant, solution architect, and now senior software engineer at Snowflake. My favorite bits: a project switched to Postgres when nobody knew how to install it, faking it as the Postgres expert, and the culture shock of building your own HA and backups. Plus: the warm welcome at PGConf EU 2019 that pulled Karen into the Postgres community; the new Buddy Program at PGConf EU 2026; an...
2026-10-161h 09
Talking Postgres with Claire GiordanoWorking on Postgres after 13 years on SQL Server with Panagiotis AntonopoulosWhat happens when a database engineer spends 13 years on SQL Server and then starts working on Postgres? In Episode 41 of Talking Postgres, Distinguished Engineer Panagiotis “Panos” Antonopoulos of Microsoft joins Claire to share what surprised him most about making that transition. We explore why Postgres felt familiar from the start—and what shocked Panos about the clean and lean Postgres codebase. We also dig into how public mailing lists and AI can help explain why design decisions were made, why more people are asking “why not Postgres?”, and the shared-storage architecture behind Azure HorizonDB.Previously...
2026-07-171h 13
Talking Postgres with Claire GiordanoFrom MemSQL to HorizonDB, an engineer's journey with Adam ProutWhat does it take to make Postgres and Azure fit together cleanly, like puzzle pieces? In Episode 39 of Talking Postgres, Adam Prout—distinguished engineer at Microsoft and a founding architect of Azure HorizonDB—joins Claire to trace his engineering journey from MemSQL to Postgres. We dig into shared-storage architecture and how HorizonDB pushes more work into the storage layer; why the team chose Rust; and what “good systems programming” looks like when being paranoid is a feature, not a bug. Along the way: startup vs big company tradeoffs, and how working on databases exposes you to so many interesting parts of...
2026-05-081h 29
Talking Postgres with Claire GiordanoBuilding Postgres services on Azure with Charles FeddersenWhy does SQL feel so approachable to some developers, and why do some of them end up spending their careers in the data layer? In Episode 37 of Talking Postgres, Charles Feddersen, who leads product for Postgres at Microsoft, joins Claire to talk about building Postgres services on Azure. We explore his path from classic ASP apps on Microsoft Access to distributed Postgres with Citus, the moment he installed pgAdmin and got pulled deeper into Postgres, and what it takes to build for the many different ways people rely on Postgres today—from Flexible Server and Azure HorizonDB to developer to...
2026-03-201h 09
mbanerjeepalmer+listennotes 's Listen LaterWhat Braintrust got right about product-market fit | Ankur Goyal (Founder and CEO) Podcast: In Depth (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: What Braintrust got right about product-market fit | Ankur Goyal (Founder and CEO)Pub date: 2025-07-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAnkur Goyal is the founder and CEO of Braintrust, an end-to-end platform for building AI apps. Before that, he founded Impira, a data management platform that was acquired by Figma, where he went on to lead the AI team. Ankur kickstarted his career when he dropped out of college to join the founding team at...
2025-10-131h 10
In DepthWhat Braintrust got right about product-market fit | Ankur Goyal (Founder and CEO)Ankur Goyal is the founder and CEO of Braintrust, an end-to-end platform for building AI apps. Before that, he founded Impira, a data management platform that was acquired by Figma, where he went on to lead the AI team. Ankur kickstarted his career when he dropped out of college to join the founding team at SingleStore (formerly MemSQL), a formative experience that shaped his views on building for high-bar users.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
• Ankur’s early lessons on quality from MemSQL
• How frustration with evals at Figma led to B...
2025-07-241h 10
eXchanging Eternal TruthseXchanging Eternal Truths 83 - Red, Raw & SavedNo matter how far into the world someone gets, they're not too far gone for God to save. In this chat with author Adam Prout, he gives some of his testimony of coming out of witchcraft and the occult and into a life with Jesus. You can find Adam Prout on his website - www.adamproutministries.com. You can also find Adam's book, Red, Raw & Saved, on Amazon or anywhere you find your books.
2025-03-1237 min
Saved by Grace Podcast w/ Sylvia Puentes-Hopper & Steve Hopper🎙️ NEW Episode: From Darkness to Light – Former Satan worshipper talks on Saved By Grace.In this episode, Steve Hopper and Sylvia Puentes sit down with Adam Prout, a former MySpace celebrity who once lived as a devoted Satan worshipper—until a life-changing encounter with Jesus set him free. Adam shares his raw and powerful testimony, exposing the enemy’s tactics and revealing the truth about spiritual warfare.In This Episode, You’ll Discover: 🔹 How Adam was drawn into Satanism and the deception that kept him bound. 🔹 The shocking realities of the enemy’s influence in today’s culture. 🔹 The supernatural moment that led to his deliverance thr...
2025-03-051h 00
Saved by Grace Podcast w/ Sylvia Puentes-Hopper & Steve HopperSylvia's Interview with Former Satan Worshipper and My Space Celeb, Adam Prout Part 2In part 2 of Sylvia's interview with Adam, they discuss the darkness of Hollywood!
2024-03-121h 05Saved by Grace Podcast w/ Sylvia Puentes-Hopper & Steve HopperSylvia interviews former satanist & occult sorcerer Adam ProutIn this powerful interview, Evangelist Adam Prout shares his powerful testimony with Sylvia about how God delivered him from the grips of the enemy.
2024-02-0649 min
The UpLevel Podcast"Creating Socially Conscious Content: Wisdom from 16 Purpose-Driven Authors" with Rachel Baldi & Christie MannSend us Fan MailThis week on The UpLevel Podcast, join Rachel and Christie as they reflect on the insightful interviews they conducted with 16 incredible authors in the recent Publishing Summit series. They dove into the heart of writing purpose-driven books, celebrate the wisdom shared by each guest, and discuss why getting socially conscious content out into the world is more important than ever.Listen to the whole Publishing Summit series and get inspired by each author as they bring their unique story of transformation, healing through storytelling, strategies against writer's block, and marketing maneuvers...
2023-12-0622 min
What the Dev?The evolution of database tech - Episode 205In this podcast episode, Multimedia Editor Jakub Lewkowicz talks about the evolution of database tech. His guest is Adam Prout, co-founder, and CTO behind SingleStore, previously known as MemSQL.
2023-04-0420 min
The Arts HouseWork of the Week 99 Bust of Fr ProutThe 99th Episode of Work of the Week, focused on Fr Prout, famed for the writing of "The Bells of Shandon" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-02-0811 min
Baring It All with Call Me AdamSeason 1: Episode 37: Jasper Cole Interview: Hollywood's Bad GuyIn this special crossover episode of Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am chatting with "Hollywood's Bad Guy," Jasper Cole. First I interview Jasper, for Baring It All with Call Me Adam about his bad guy reputation, COVID-19, what Jasper is doing to help the homeless problem in LA & beyond, & then we play a game based upon Jasper's bad guy image.After my interview, we flip the mic and Jasper interviews me for an episode of One on One with Jasper Cole on BlogTalk Radio. To hear Jasper interview me, click here: https://bit.ly/30...
2020-05-0745 min