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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


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