Alastair Turner

Open Source Database Enthusiast

Since 1995, Alastair has administered, programmed and supported all things database, from Access to Universe, settling on Postgres around 2002. His particular area of interest is integration between open source software, how open source communities can work together and what they can learn from each other.

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Follow my Leader - connecting client applications after sever cutover or failover

πŸ“… Feb 12, 2026
🏒 Postgres Edinburgh Feb 2026
Alastair Turner
Alastair Turner

Open Source Database Enthusiast

Talk

Kubernetes from the Database Out

πŸ“… Sep 30, 2025
🏒 PGConf NYC 2025
πŸ“ New York
Alastair Turner
Alastair Turner

Open Source Database Enthusiast

Talk

What does moving to Pull Requests look like? The nginx story

πŸ“… May 15, 2025
🏒 PGConf.dev 2025
πŸ“ Montreal, Canada
Alastair Turner
Alastair Turner

Open Source Database Enthusiast

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Kubernetes from the Database Out

πŸ“… Mar 31, 2025
🏒 Cloud Native Rejects Europe 2025
πŸ“ London
Alastair Turner
Alastair Turner

Open Source Database Enthusiast

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