Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Retiring from the Core Team

Those of you in the PostgreSQL community will have noticed that I haven't been very active for the past year.  My new work on Linux containers and Kubernetes has been even more absorbing than I anticipated, and I just haven't had a lot of time for PostgreSQL work.

For that reason, as of today, I am stepping down from the PostgreSQL Core Team.

I joined the PostgreSQL Core Team in 2003.  I decided to take on project advocacy, with the goal of making PostgreSQL one of the top three databases in the world.  Thanks to the many contributions by both advocacy volunteers and developers -- as well as the efforts by companies like EnterpriseDB and Heroku -- we've achieved that goal.  Along the way, we proved that community ownership of an OSS project can compete with, and ultimately outlast, venture-funded startups.

Now we need new leadership who can take PostgreSQL to the next phase of world domination.  So I am joining Vadim, Jan, Thomas, and Marc in clearing the way for others.

I'll still be around and still contributing to PostgreSQL in various ways, mostly around running the database in container clouds.  It'll take a while for me to hand off all of my PR responsibilities for the project (assuming that I ever hand all of them off).

It's been a long, fun ride, and I'm proud of the PostgreSQL we have today: both the database, and the community.  Thank you for sharing it with me.
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25 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 11, 2017 at 7:53 PM

    Thank you, Josh!

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  2. Satoshi NagayasuJanuary 11, 2017 at 8:03 PM

    Thank you very much for your great effort and hard work for a decade (or more) for PostgreSQL. I really enjoyed working with you. We definitely will miss you, but I wish we will be able to work together (again) in the near future. :D

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  3. UnknownJanuary 11, 2017 at 8:54 PM

    Tank you very mich für all your code Adresse non-code contributions!

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  4. The DoctorJanuary 11, 2017 at 11:16 PM

    Thank you, Josh :)

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  5. Jean-PaulJanuary 11, 2017 at 11:40 PM

    Thank you for all the work you did inside the core team and outside for our community ! I really hope to meet you anywhere soon.

    jpa

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  6. Luca FerrariJanuary 11, 2017 at 11:42 PM

    Josh, thank you very much for your work and your efforts, and most notably the passion and inspiration you provided to others.

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  7. Devrim GündüzJanuary 12, 2017 at 1:22 AM

    Thank you Josh!

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  8. Oleg BartunovJanuary 12, 2017 at 4:48 AM

    Thanks Josh and good luck !

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  9. Dinesh KumarJanuary 12, 2017 at 5:20 AM

    Thank you very much for your support to PostgreSQL, and wishing you good luck for your future work.

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  10. Adrian KlaverJanuary 12, 2017 at 7:09 AM

    Thank you Josh and best of wishes on your new endeavors.

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  11. UnknownJanuary 12, 2017 at 8:44 AM

    Thank you Josh!

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  12. Jignesh ShahJanuary 12, 2017 at 11:50 AM

    Thanks Josh for all the PostgreSQL mentorship for more than a decade that I know you in the PostgreSQL Community world.

    Hope to continue to see you in the Kubernetes/Linux Container world!! :-)

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  13. inutiliyJanuary 12, 2017 at 2:02 PM

    Thank you Josh and good luck!!!

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  14. amitlanJanuary 12, 2017 at 6:36 PM

    Thanks a lot, Josh!

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  15. Nikolay SamokhvalovJanuary 13, 2017 at 9:07 AM

    Thank you, Josh!

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  16. Eric HansonJanuary 13, 2017 at 12:29 PM

    Thanks Josh! Appreciate all your work.

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  17. UnknownJanuary 15, 2017 at 12:07 PM

    You'll be sorely missed, Josh! Thanks for everything you've done for the community.

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  18. UnknownJanuary 16, 2017 at 11:23 AM

    Thank you, Josh. Hope you don't stop to write and talk about PostgreSQL. You are one of the best speakers and writers we have!

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  19. SlavaJanuary 17, 2017 at 12:23 PM

    thanks Josh for all you've done for Postgres and community so far. I'm sure you will be around to encourage many postgres enthusiasts.

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  20. Hellmuth VargasJanuary 18, 2017 at 9:32 AM

    Muchas Gracias Josh, es muy valoso el aporte tanto en desarrollo como en la evagelizacion

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  21. UnknownJanuary 18, 2017 at 9:55 AM

    Thanks for all your hard work Josh, the community and the SFPUG has definitely felt your advocacy.

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  22. stephenaingramJanuary 18, 2017 at 2:31 PM

    Just an amazing effort Josh. We owe you.

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  23. berkusJanuary 21, 2017 at 7:42 AM

    Keep it up in Kubernetes world, Josh and all the best! PostgreSQL is the best relational DB out there, bar none.

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  24. UnknownJanuary 23, 2017 at 1:41 PM

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  25. UnknownJanuary 23, 2017 at 1:43 PM

    Thanks a lot Josh

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