Kai Wagner

Percona, Sr. Engineering Manager

Kai joined Percona in 2022 as an Engineering Manager responsible for the PostgreSQL development team. Before joining Percona, he worked as a team lead and as a software engineer at SUSE Linux. He is now focusing on the coordination of the PostgreSQL development at Percona as well as acting as an open source evangelist.

Latest Blog Posts

I Built an AI That Impersonates Me on Slack, and It Was Disturbingly Easy

I spend a lot of time in Slack. Most people in tech do. It’s where a lot of “work” happens such as quick questions, async decisions, the “hey can you look at this?” threads that never seem to end. It ...

PGDay and FOSDEM Report from Kai

The following thoughts and comments are completely my personal opinion and do not reflect my employers thoughts or beliefs. If you don’t like anything in this post, reach out to me directly, so I can ...

Hackorum - A Forum-Style View of pg-hackers

Last year at pgconf.dev, there was a discussion about improving the user interface for the PostgreSQL hackers mailing list, which is the main communication channel for PostgreSQL core development. Bas...

Latest Talks

20 Years in the Trenches: What Postgres Can Learn from the Proprietary World

📅 Apr 21, 2026

🏢 PGConf Germany 2026

📍 Essen, Germany

Kai Wagner

Jan Wieremjewicz

Senior Product Manager, Percona

#PostgreSQL

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Modernizing Postgres Communication with Hackorum

📅 Mar 5, 2026

🏢 PostgreSQL Berlin March 2026 Meetup

📍 Berlin, Germany

Kai Wagner

#PostgreSQL

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Locked & Secured: PostgreSQL Encryption Demystified

📅 Jun 27, 2024

🏢 Swiss PGDay 2024

📍 Rapperswil

Kai Wagner

#PostgreSQL

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Latest Events

PGConf Germany 2026

📍 Essen, Germany

Percona is proud to sponsor PGConf.de 2026 in Essen — one of Europe’s leading events for the PostgreSQL community. This conference brings together engineers, contributors, and practitioners who are shaping the future of PostgreSQL in production environments around the world.

April 21–22, 2026

Securing Your Data Using PostgreSQL - January 12, 2022 Developer Meetup

When we talk about database security, it encompasses different modules of different distinct areas. It is a very vast topic because it requires securing your (1) Network, (2) Network Node, (3) Data, (4) Database, (5) Users and (6) Application.

January 12, 2023

How Do We Develop Code? Live Coding Session Into Our DBaaS Controller- October 2022

October 12, 2022

Earlier Activities

PGScorecard - PostgreSQL Compatibility Index

We’re excited to share that our recent test run using the Postgres Compatibility Index (PCI) achieved 100% compatibility....

Percona pg_tde: A Security Review Reveals Robust Encryption

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Monthly Percona Developer Meetup

What is this? This new meetup is your chance to get a behind-the-scenes view and to interact directly in person with our engineers. You can jump into the session and discuss with our engineers without...

pg_stat_monitor: A feature-rich and enhanced version of pg_stat_statements

📅 Jun 29, 2023

🏢 Swiss PGDay 2023

Kai Wagner

#PostgreSQL #Slides

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