What is a Collation, and Why is My Data Corrupt?
https://www.pgedge.com/blog/what-is-a-collation-and-why-is-my-data-corrupt

- another goodie from PostgreSQL 17 onwards

#postgresql

Heavy drama in the open-source world of...

...Office Document Software.

Nextcloud, originally a fork of ownCloud, has launched Euro-Office, a fork of OnlyOffice (pissing off OnlyOffice). Collabora is weighing in and issuing comments against both OnlyOffice and Euro-Office while, itself, forking Collabora Office Desktop from the Document Foundation's LibreOffice. Document Foundation has now resumed LibreOffice Online which competes against Euro-Office and OnlyOffice.

(I think I've got all that right 😅 Correct me if I haven't! 😂)

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I unironically love this!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Document software may appear boring on its face, but Microsoft Office is a big reason why folks still stay with Microsoft OS and don't (can't...) move to Linux. MS Office 365 is often used as a bridge to allow folks to move to Linux while still using Microsoft products in the browser but that solution still keeps them tied to closed source solutions.

Development of Free and Open Sourced Software (FOSS) office products, both desktop apps and online web apps, is a core and key element to allowing FOSS solutions to thrive - both for individuals and organizations.

This level of drama and fighting is indicative of a lot of effort and attention being thrown into this arena. I'm confident over time it'll settle and different projects will merge back together or at the very least borrow and build upon each's efforts.

Read and get your fill of the drama here: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/eurooffice_forks_onlyoffice/

#FOSS #digitalSovereignty #installParty #Linux #diDay

Introducing the pgconf.dev 2026 conference t-shirt! 🐘🎉 This year we're celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, and Slonik is dressed for the occasion.

The only way to get one? Be there. See you in Vancouver, May 19–22.

We've been having a great few days in Amsterdam already, at Cloud Native Rejekts, Maintainer Summit, and today at the co-located events where colleagues presented several sessions on the @CloudNativePG project.

Tomorrow, meet us at booth 896 at #KubeCon!

We’re delighted to announce Fujitsu as a Gold Sponsor for PgDay Boston!

https://www.postgresql.fastware.com/

#PostgreSQL #postgres #sponsor

We had a great day of #KubeCon co-located events! Contributor Gabriele Quaresima presented a project lightning talk on CloudNativePG, and Gabriele Bartolini and Floor Drees presented at the Open Sovereign Cloud Day.

Meet some of us maintainers at our kiosk on Wednesday morning! #kubernetes PostgreSQL #opensource

OpenAI’s current database architecture is impressive, but it’s operating at its physical ceiling. On the blog, our Head of Product Management Anil Kumar maps the company's pain points to native resolutions in EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD).

Here's how to stop scaling #Postgres with "heroics": https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/postgres-distributed-native-path-forward-openais-database-layer