EP24: PostgreSQL for Everything - Interview with Mike Freedman from Timescale
simplyblockAugust 09, 202400:29:14

EP24: PostgreSQL for Everything - Interview with Mike Freedman from Timescale

In this episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute Podcast, host Chris Engelbert interviews Mike Freedman, co-founder and CTO of Timescale. Timescale enhances Postgres to manage time series data, analytics, and AI applications efficiently. Mike explains how Timescale's automated partitioning and lifecycle management transform data from row-based to compressed columnar formats and tiered storage, optimizing performance, and cost. The episode dives into Timescale’s use of Kubernetes for scalable, decoupled compute and storage, ensuring seamless high availability and efficient resource management, alongside addressing challenges of stateful database management in Kubernetes environments.

Cloud Commute is your weekly 25-30 minutes podcast, talking about all things cloud, technology, storage, security, Kubernetes, and more. Joined by veteran guests from the industry, host Chris Engelbert explores new tools, ecosystem developments and upcoming releases. If you’re a tech enthusiast, working in DevOps, SecOps, DevSecOps, or engineering, this is the podcast for you. Make your commute worthwhile and join us on the journey of technology.

📋 Show notes:
Guest links & episode links:
► Mike's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfreed/
► Mike's X/Twitter: https://x.com/michaelfreedman
► Timescale Website: http://timescale.com/
► Timescale LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/timescaledb/
► Timescale X/Twitter: https://x.com/TimescaleDB
► Free Trial Signup: https://console.cloud.timescale.com/signup
► Get Started Guide: https://docs.timescale.com/getting-started/latest/
► What is Time Series Data: https://www.timescale.com/blog/time-series-introduction/
► What is Time Series Forecasting: https://www.timescale.com/blog/what-is-time-series-forecasting/
► Time Series (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_series
► PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/
► pgvector: https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector
► pgvectorscale: https://github.com/timescale/pgvectorscale

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