Andrew Atkinson
@andyatkinson.com
Author of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails, Staff Engineer, Consultant, Speaker
andyatkinson.com/pgrailsbook
andyatkinson.com/pgrailsbook
Wow, High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails has the best ranking ever on Amazon right now.
#1 Ruby "Best Seller" badge
#3 Database Storage & Design
#56 Databases & Big Data
#71,948 All books
Maybe it's the PostgreSQL 18 release or @pgconfnyc.bsky.social driving it? Fun!
a.co/d/bkVZPeo
#1 Ruby "Best Seller" badge
#3 Database Storage & Design
#56 Databases & Big Data
#71,948 All books
Maybe it's the PostgreSQL 18 release or @pgconfnyc.bsky.social driving it? Fun!
a.co/d/bkVZPeo
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Wow, High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails has the best ranking ever on Amazon right now.
#1 Ruby "Best Seller" badge
#3 Database Storage & Design
#56 Databases & Big Data
#71,948 All books
Maybe it's the PostgreSQL 18 release or @pgconfnyc.bsky.social driving it? Fun!
a.co/d/bkVZPeo
#1 Ruby "Best Seller" badge
#3 Database Storage & Design
#56 Databases & Big Data
#71,948 All books
Maybe it's the PostgreSQL 18 release or @pgconfnyc.bsky.social driving it? Fun!
a.co/d/bkVZPeo
❄️🥶 Melanie Plageman presenting on advancements in vacuum freeze in Postgres 18 @pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql
October 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
❄️🥶 Melanie Plageman presenting on advancements in vacuum freeze in Postgres 18 @pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql
Shane Borden presenting on my favorite database topics — index design and performance optimization
@pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql
@pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql
October 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Shane Borden presenting on my favorite database topics — index design and performance optimization
@pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql
@pgconfnyc.bsky.social #postgresql
Great to see Robert Treat honored as Volunteer of the Year at PG Conf NYC 2025. Well deserved! @pgconfnyc.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great to see Robert Treat honored as Volunteer of the Year at PG Conf NYC 2025. Well deserved! @pgconfnyc.bsky.social
First time finding a local Pickleball open play while traveling. Found a City Pickle Wollman Rink slot this morning before the conference.
🏙️ Hard to beat the Central Park NYC skyline views.
🏙️ Hard to beat the Central Park NYC skyline views.
September 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
First time finding a local Pickleball open play while traveling. Found a City Pickle Wollman Rink slot this morning before the conference.
🏙️ Hard to beat the Central Park NYC skyline views.
🏙️ Hard to beat the Central Park NYC skyline views.
Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com giving us a history of deploying Rails apps! #RailsConf
July 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ben Curtis @bencurtis.com giving us a history of deploying Rails apps! #RailsConf
Cameron @camertron.bsky.social announcing a new gem Velour he’s releasing at RailsConf 2025. Unintentional “mic drop”! 🎤😉
July 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Cameron @camertron.bsky.social announcing a new gem Velour he’s releasing at RailsConf 2025. Unintentional “mic drop”! 🎤😉
Excited to be here at RailsConf representing High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails!
July 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Excited to be here at RailsConf representing High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails!
Win one of 6 copies being given away for free at #RailsConf of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails.
Several ways to win. Join my newsletter at pgrailsbook.com for more details.
Come and find me at 10:30 AM for “Meet the Authors” on Day 1, Tues July 8.
Or attend my talk at 4:15PM. See you soon!
Several ways to win. Join my newsletter at pgrailsbook.com for more details.
Come and find me at 10:30 AM for “Meet the Authors” on Day 1, Tues July 8.
Or attend my talk at 4:15PM. See you soon!
July 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Win one of 6 copies being given away for free at #RailsConf of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails.
Several ways to win. Join my newsletter at pgrailsbook.com for more details.
Come and find me at 10:30 AM for “Meet the Authors” on Day 1, Tues July 8.
Or attend my talk at 4:15PM. See you soon!
Several ways to win. Join my newsletter at pgrailsbook.com for more details.
Come and find me at 10:30 AM for “Meet the Authors” on Day 1, Tues July 8.
Or attend my talk at 4:15PM. See you soon!
Honored to present at the final RailsConf! 🎉
In this talk, we’ll bridge the gap between the worlds of ORM app code and relational DBs, learning about costly database performance mistakes, how to avoid them, and how to fix them, for great UX and DX. Hope to see you there!
#railsconf #railsconf2025
In this talk, we’ll bridge the gap between the worlds of ORM app code and relational DBs, learning about costly database performance mistakes, how to avoid them, and how to fix them, for great UX and DX. Hope to see you there!
#railsconf #railsconf2025
April 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Honored to present at the final RailsConf! 🎉
In this talk, we’ll bridge the gap between the worlds of ORM app code and relational DBs, learning about costly database performance mistakes, how to avoid them, and how to fix them, for great UX and DX. Hope to see you there!
#railsconf #railsconf2025
In this talk, we’ll bridge the gap between the worlds of ORM app code and relational DBs, learning about costly database performance mistakes, how to avoid them, and how to fix them, for great UX and DX. Hope to see you there!
#railsconf #railsconf2025
Got a surprise in the mail! Honored to have received a PostgreSQL 17 contributor coin!
January 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Got a surprise in the mail! Honored to have received a PostgreSQL 17 contributor coin!
🤑 If you were considering picking up a copy of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails on Amazon, this is the lowest price I’ve seen for it at $52.
And if you buy two, one is 50% off! A gift idea for you and your favorite programmer? 🎁🤓
a.co/d/5onKYUe
And if you buy two, one is 50% off! A gift idea for you and your favorite programmer? 🎁🤓
a.co/d/5onKYUe
December 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
🤑 If you were considering picking up a copy of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails on Amazon, this is the lowest price I’ve seen for it at $52.
And if you buy two, one is 50% off! A gift idea for you and your favorite programmer? 🎁🤓
a.co/d/5onKYUe
And if you buy two, one is 50% off! A gift idea for you and your favorite programmer? 🎁🤓
a.co/d/5onKYUe
🎉 Back to #1 spot on Amazon in the Ruby Programming category, after dropping to around 30.
There’s an active promo as well. 50% off 2nd copy when buying 2. Maybe one for you and one for a special friend? 😄
Check reply for additional discount.
There’s an active promo as well. 50% off 2nd copy when buying 2. Maybe one for you and one for a special friend? 😄
Check reply for additional discount.
October 26, 2024 at 7:55 PM
🎉 Back to #1 spot on Amazon in the Ruby Programming category, after dropping to around 30.
There’s an active promo as well. 50% off 2nd copy when buying 2. Maybe one for you and one for a special friend? 😄
Check reply for additional discount.
There’s an active promo as well. 50% off 2nd copy when buying 2. Maybe one for you and one for a special friend? 😄
Check reply for additional discount.
#1 in Ruby programming, top 80 all databases books, top 80k of all books on Amazon among millions. Alright! Thank you very much to readers!
October 1, 2024 at 2:02 PM
#1 in Ruby programming, top 80 all databases books, top 80k of all books on Amazon among millions. Alright! Thank you very much to readers!
Work with Postgres? Attending #RailsWorld next week? Enter the book giveaways contest below for the chance to win one of 5 paperback copies of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails. @pragprog.bsky.social
Not attending? You’re still eligible for one of 3 ebooks!
👉 andyatkinson.com/book-contest
Not attending? You’re still eligible for one of 3 ebooks!
👉 andyatkinson.com/book-contest
September 16, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Work with Postgres? Attending #RailsWorld next week? Enter the book giveaways contest below for the chance to win one of 5 paperback copies of High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails. @pragprog.bsky.social
Not attending? You’re still eligible for one of 3 ebooks!
👉 andyatkinson.com/book-contest
Not attending? You’re still eligible for one of 3 ebooks!
👉 andyatkinson.com/book-contest
💐 Busy spring! Honored and excited to present at Sin City Ruby March 21-22 and PgDay Chicago April 26th. We'll cover 🐘 DB topics for devs.
🏜️ Sin City Ruby 👉 sincityruby.com
🏙️ PgDay Chicago! 👉 2024.pgdaychicago.org
👋 Hope to see you there! #postgresql #rails
🏜️ Sin City Ruby 👉 sincityruby.com
🏙️ PgDay Chicago! 👉 2024.pgdaychicago.org
👋 Hope to see you there! #postgresql #rails
February 15, 2024 at 3:45 AM
💐 Busy spring! Honored and excited to present at Sin City Ruby March 21-22 and PgDay Chicago April 26th. We'll cover 🐘 DB topics for devs.
🏜️ Sin City Ruby 👉 sincityruby.com
🏙️ PgDay Chicago! 👉 2024.pgdaychicago.org
👋 Hope to see you there! #postgresql #rails
🏜️ Sin City Ruby 👉 sincityruby.com
🏙️ PgDay Chicago! 👉 2024.pgdaychicago.org
👋 Hope to see you there! #postgresql #rails