# Pgloader Post Gains Attention on Hacker News and Postgres Weekly

DevFeed: [Pgloader Post Gains Attention on Hacker News and Postgres Weekly](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-first-slashdot-effect-34547.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2015/01/my-first-slashdot-effect/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2015-01-22T00:48:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Common Lisp](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/common-lisp.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backups.md>), [FOSDEM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fosdem.md>)

Tags: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [hacker-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacker-news.md>), [lisp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lisp.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>)

## AI overview

The author says a Pgloader post received attention in Postgres Weekly issue #89 and on the Hacker News front page, creating a surge in traffic described as a first Slashdot effect. The post also mentions upcoming pgloader talks at FOSDEM and PGDAY, including PostgreSQL migration and tested backups.

## Source excerpt

Thanks to the Postgres Weekly issue #89 and a post to Hacker News front page (see Pgloader: A High-speed PostgreSQL Swiss Army Knife, Written in Lisp it well seems that I just had my first Slashdot effect...