# Back from PgCon2010

DevFeed: [Back from PgCon2010](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/back-from-pgcon2010-34366.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2010/05/back-from-pgcon2010/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2010-05-27T12:26:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/extension.md>), [Replication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/replication.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [extension](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extension.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>)

## AI overview

A personal report from PgCon 2010 covering discussions about PostgreSQL extension design and plans for backend support. It also describes ideas around Hot Standby, replication, base backups, and an early Python implementation of pg_basebackup.

## Source excerpt

This year's edition has been the best pgcon ever for me. Granted, it's only my third time, but still :) As Josh said the "Hall Track" in particular was very good, and the Dev Meeting has been very effective! Extensions This time I prepared some slides to present the extension design and I tried hard to make it so that we get to agree on a plan, even recognizing it's not solving all of our problems from the get go. I had been talking about the concept and design with lots of people already, and continued to do so while in Ottawa on Monday evening and through all Tuesday. So Wednesday, I felt prepared. It proved to be a good thing, as I edited the slides with ideas from several people I had the chance to expose my ideas to! Thanks Greg Stark and Heikki Linnakangas for the part we talked about at the meeting, and a lot more people for the things we'll have to solve later (Hi Stefan!).