Florents Tselai has submitted a new session! Data Engineering Stratagems with Postgres: From Ancient Strategic Thought to Postgres Extensions This talk presents a collection of practical stratagems for data engineers working with PostgreSQL—rooted in ancient strategic thought but adapted for a world of Unix pipes, streaming data, and programmable databases. Each stratagem is a distilled principle drawn from years of building scalable and elegant data systems, and reflects a mindset that treats Postgres not just as a database, but as an operating system for data. We’ll begin with philosophical foundations—ideas from Sun Tzu, the Thirty-Six Stratagems, and military strategy—and show how these timeless patterns can inform modern data design. Then, we’ll walk through how to apply them across the stack: composing data flows with Unix pipelines, building resilient systems with Postgres functions and triggers, and extending Postgres itself with custom types, operators, and C extensions.Expect a mix of thought frameworks, real code, and hard-won lessons. This talk is for engineers who want to design like strategists, execute like hackers, and make Postgres a source of leverage, not just storage Open session [https://sessionize.com/app/organizer/session/19661/935588] These notifications can be turned off on Edit event [https://sessionize.com/app/organizer/event/edit/19661#_tab-advanced] page. Tip: You've used Classic (confer***@***orysql.org) to login. You're receiving this message because you had joined event 'HOW2025' on Sessionize. Sessionize.com, PO Box 6945, Unit 34564, London W1A 6US, UK