Thomas Munro

PostgreSQL hacker working at Microsoft

I am a PostgreSQL developer and committer based in New Zealand. I began working full time on PostgreSQL and related technologies about 9 years ago, first at EnterpriseDB and now Citus/Microsoft. Before that I worked with Unix and relational databases in the web, finance and software industries for a couple of decades. Some of my PostgreSQL interests include query parallelism, taming resource management, transaction machinery, portability, and modernizing database/operating system interfaces. My other interests include hacking on the FreeBSD operating system, trying to learn other languages and trying to ride various forms of transport with wheels and fins.

POSETTE 2024 Talk

KEYNOTE: A Walking Tour of PostgreSQL

local CEST (Livestream 4)

I'll talk about the origins and history of PostgreSQL and the POSTGRES research project it descends from; how it fits into the space of databases; and how it fits into the space of open source projects. I’ll show how hundreds of open source developers and companies collaborate to make PostgreSQL. I’ll talk about a couple of projects on my own journey from long-time user through to full-time developer and committer. And how anyone with an itch to scratch is welcome to get involved. Let’s go on a walking tour of PostgreSQL together!

Past Talks

Parallelism in PostgreSQL 15 (Citus Con 2023)

Video: Watch the talk on YouTube

Queues in PostgreSQL (Citus Con 2022)

Video: Watch the talk on YouTube

Podcast Appearances

How I got started as a dev and in Postgres with Melanie Plageman & Thomas Munro

Podcast episode: Listen on Transistor.fm

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