Interviews with the people behind databases and distributed systems.https://databasestory.com/enhttps://databasestory.com/icon-512.pnghttps://databasestory.com/https://databasestory.com/articles/alex-padula.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/alex-padula.htmlAlex talks about teaching himself to code, building storage engines from first principles, creating TidesDB, and why you shouldn't lose your skills to AI.Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsTidesDBStorage EnginesOpen SourceAIDatabasesEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/cornelia-biacsics.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/cornelia-biacsics.htmlCornelia talks about moving from marketing into the PostgreSQL world, co-founding the Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education, and starting a user group in Vienna.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsPostgreSQLOpen SourceMicrosoftCommunityEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/elisa-usai.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/elisa-usai.htmlElisa talks about her move from Italy to Switzerland, taking the lead of the database team at CHUV hospital, and why women's representation in tech matters.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsOracleOpen SourceAIDatabasesEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/flora-barriele.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/flora-barriele.htmlFlora shares her journey from system administration to becoming a DBA in Switzerland, joining Oracle, her thoughts on AI, and why staying true to yourself matters in tech.Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsOracleCloudAIDatabasesEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/yves-colin.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/yves-colin.htmlYves talks about thirty years in databases, his path from DBA and architecture roles to AWS and Google, his involvement with PostgreSQL France, AI, and advice for juniors.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsGoogleAWSPostgreSQLDatabasesEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/damien-clochard.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/damien-clochard.htmlDamien talks about twenty years of PostgreSQL, building Dalibo as a cooperative, PostgreSQL.FR, open source governance, Rust, PGRX, and the future of data in the AI era.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsPostgreSQLOpen SourceDatabasesEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/ege-gunes.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/ege-gunes.htmlEge talks about moving from law to software, discovering open source, building database operators at Percona, and why Linux and distributed systems matter for database engineers.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsPerconaKubernetesDatabasesOpen SourceEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/matt-cornillon.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/matt-cornillon.htmlMatt talks about his path through Oracle and PostgreSQL, his work with Postgres France, joining Google, and why database people need to engage with AI.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsGooglePostgreSQLCloudOpen SourceEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/cedric-villemain.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/cedric-villemain.htmlCedric talks about growing into PostgreSQL through Overblog, building Data Bene after 2ndQuadrant France, and why critical thinking matters even more in the AI era.Sat, 30 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsPostgreSQLOpen SourceDatabasesEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/mikael-francoeur.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/mikael-francoeur.htmlMikaël talks about his unusual path from musicology to databases, how open source helped him join Turso, and why reliability matters even more in the AI era.Sat, 16 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsDatabasesOpen SourceSQLiteEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/franck-pachot.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/franck-pachot.htmlFranck talks about his career across databases, his work as a Developer Advocate, and his move from YugabyteDB to MongoDB.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsDatabasesPostgresMongoDBEren Turkogluhttps://databasestory.com/articles/bertrand-drouvot.htmlhttps://databasestory.com/articles/bertrand-drouvot.htmlBertrand talks about his career, his move from Oracle to PostgreSQL, and how he joined AWS.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:00:00 GMTInterviewsPostgreSQLOpen SourceAWSEren Turkoglu