---
title: 'See you at PostgreSQL West '
teaser: Come say hi if you are at postgresql west conference.
tags: news,web,postgresql
author: Harold Giménez
published_on: 2011-09-01
---

The PostgreSQL West conference will take place in San Jose, California this
upcoming September 27 through the 30th.

![PostgreSQL](http://images.thoughtbot.com/ui/postgresql.png)

There are a few interesting talks for the Ruby crowd. [Peter van Hardenberg] has
[a talk] titled "PostgreSQL and Ruby: Libraries and their Gaps," [Jeremy Evans]
will
[talk](https://www.postgresqlconference.org/content/sequel-database-toolkit-ruby)
about the excellent [Sequel library], [Will
Leinweber](https://twitter.com/#!/leinweber)'s
[talk](https://www.postgresqlconference.org/content/exposing-power-postgresql-ruby)
is about "Exposing the power of PostgreSQL to Ruby", and [Ryan
Smith](https://twitter.com/#!/ryandotsmith) will
[talk](https://www.postgresqlconference.org/content/queue-classic-queueing-library-ruby-powered-postgresql)
about his work on [Queue
Classic](https://github.com/ryandotsmith/queue_classic), the PostgreSQL powered
queueing library for ruby. I will also be speaking about [~~bacon~~
Redis](https://www.postgresqlconference.org/content/redis-nimble-data-bacon), as
well as giving a [full day
workshop](http://workshops.thoughtbot.com/sections/23) on Ruby on Rails
development with PostgreSQL on September 27th. At $349.00, it's a bargain!

Additionally, there are a bunch of interesting talks about PostgreSQL and its
ecosystem, including topics like replication and management tools like
[repmgr](http://projects.2ndquadrant.com/repmgr) and
[Tungsten](http://www.continuent.com/solutions/replication),
[Bucardo](http://bucardo.org/wiki/Bucardo) and [so much
more](https://www.postgresqlconference.org/2011/west/talks).
Hope to see you there!

[Peter van Hardenberg]: https://twitter.com/#!/PVH
[a talk]: https://www.postgresqlconference.org/content/postgresql-and-ruby-libraries-and-their-gaps
[Jeremy Evans]: https://twitter.com/#!/jeremyevans0
[Sequel library]: https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel