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Two projects, one mission - hackorum and pginbox join forces

Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Last week, Zsolt and I jumped on a call with someone who had been building something remarkably similar to what we had been working on, completely independently. That someone is Jack Bonatakis, the creator of pginbox.dev, and that call turned into one of the most energizing conversations we’ve had since launching hackorum.dev.

Two builders, one problem

When we launched Hackorum back in January, the goal was simple but important: make the pg-hackers mailing list actually readable. The list is the heartbeat of PostgreSQL core development, patches are proposed, debated, iterated on, and committed entirely through it. But the interface? Decades-old email threads. Dense, fast-moving, and not exactly welcoming to newcomers or even experienced contributors trying to manage the volume.

PGDay and FOSDEM Report from Kai

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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 ignore it ;-).

I’m currently on the train on my way back home from FOSDEM this year and man, I’m exhausted but also happy. Why? Because the PG and FOSDEM community is just crazily awesome. While it’s always too much of everything, it’s at the same time inspiring to see so many enthusiastic IT nerds in one place, discussing and working on what they love - technology and engineering challenges.

Hackorum - A Forum-Style View of pg-hackers

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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. Based on that discussion, I want to share a small project we have been working on:

https://hackorum.dev/

Hackorum provides a read-only (for now) web view of the mailing list with a more forum-like presentation. It is a work-in-progress proof of concept, and we are primarily looking for feedback on whether this approach is useful and what we should improve next.

PGScorecard - PostgreSQL Compatibility Index

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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

The PCI was created to bring clarity to the often used but loosely defined term “PostgreSQL compatible.” As Mayur explains in his article The Making of ‘Postgres Is’, the goal is simple: to ensure that when a system claims to be compatible with PostgreSQL, it truly behaves like upstream PostgreSQL in practice. The PCI accomplishes this by running a comprehensive set of tests across features like data types, procedural functions, constraints, extensions, and more, and producing a measurable, transparent score. This gives users and vendors a reliable benchmark rather than relying on marketing claims.