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<p>PostgreSQL is over 30 years old, older than most programming languages, databases, and even many of the companies that now depend on it. Yet it continues to evolve, remain relevant, and quietly power some of the most demanding systems in the world. That kind of longevity isn’t accidental.<u></u><u></u></p><p>This talk looks at PostgreSQL as a long lived software system and asks a simple question. Why did this one survive? We’ll unpack a few core lessons drawn from PostgreSQL’s history, its conservative core with relentless incremental improvement, its obsession with correctness over convenience, and its extension first philosophy that allowed innovation without destabilising the foundation.</p>
