Interview with datasqill

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What is your company's mission?

We specialize in data warehouse development and operations, backed by years of hands-on experience across industries. Our deep understanding of real-world challenges in DWH projects led us to create datasqill—a streamlined solution for designing and executing database transformations using plain SQL.

Unlike vendor-locked tools, datasqill is database-agnostic, enabling seamless ELT development across a wide range of platforms.

What is the most annoying PostgreSQL problem, and do you have plans or ideas to fix it?

We faced problems with PostgreSQL transaction handling. Whenever an error occurs in a PostgreSQL transaction, it is no longer possible to issue SQL commands until a rollback is performed. For our Java application, we developed a JDBC driver as a wrapper that covers this behaviour and circumvents the problem. We would be glad to share this workaround with others. Please come to our booth if you are interested in our solution that we can provide to anybody without any charge.

In which areas do you expect PostgreSQL to grow most and how does your company contribute to and benefit from that growth?

PostgreSQL offers a broad spectrum of support—from community-driven projects to premium maintenance and support options for customers with higher demands who are willing to pay for enterprise-grade solutions.

The move to the cloud has also been a success with PostgreSQL. All major hyperscalers now offer PostgreSQL instances as a service, making cloud adoption and migrations from on-premises setups seamless and reliable. We are seeing more and more customers switching from conventional databases like Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server to PostgreSQL. Therefore, building up the relevant expertise was a logical step for us.