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MTAR T3D Sessions: Why XIDs Are Still a Problem in Postgres
In this Postgres Pet Peeves episode, Justin Graf and JD take on a long-standing issue in PostgreSQL: transaction IDs (XIDs) and what happens when they wrap around. Despite years of improvements, the…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Why Coding Alone Isn’t Enough Anymore
In this episode, Joris Kuipers, CTO and hands-on architect, joins JD to talk about what it really means to grow as an engineer. As AI begins to take on more of the straightforward coding work, the…
MTAR 56: Who Controls Security, Data, and Information?
JD and Thomas Carnevale, Founder of Umbrella Security, get into how modern security infrastructure connects to questions around control, authority, and ownership. What begins with cameras, access…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Why Postgres Defaults Don’t Match Reality
In this Postgres Pet Peeves episode, Greg Dostatni and JD take on a problem most teams run into early but rarely question: default configuration. PostgreSQL ships with hundreds of parameters, many of…
MTAR T3D Sessions: The Hidden Cost of Default Values in Postgres
Adding a column with a default value feels like a safe change. It is fast, avoids locking, and keeps things moving. But in Postgres, that speed comes from a tradeoff that can quietly affect…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Before You Add Another Database, Try Postgres
In this episode, Denis Magda, author of Just Use Postgres, joins JD to talk about how PostgreSQL is often misunderstood. Many developers still approach Postgres as a traditional relational database,…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Why Companies Can’t Rely on OSS Maintainers Alone
Welcome back to More Than a Refresh Presents: T3D Sessions.In this episode, Pauline Vos, software engineer and open source maintainer for MongoDB’s PHP ecosystem, breaks down a reality most teams…
MTAR 55: Data as Product, Open Source Ideals, and Corporate Incentives
Welcome to Episode 55 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman, Developer Advocate at Redgate, for a candid conversation about AI, governance, and the economics shaping…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Lies, Bots, and the Internet We Trust
In this episode of More Than a Refresh: T3D Sessions, Marijn Markus, AI Lead and Managing Data Scientist at Capgemini, breaks down a question most teams aren’t asking clearly enough: what happens…
MTAR T3D Sessions: What Actually Stops Crime (And What Doesn’t)
In this episode, JD talks with Thomas Carnevale, founder of Umbrella Security, about a gap most people don’t realize exists until it’s too late: the difference between systems that look secure and…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Tech Rescue and the Rise of the Life Concierge
In this episode, JD sits down with Andrew Bolton, Co-Founder and CEO of Tech Rescue, to explore what happens when a hyper-connected world leaves millions behind. What starts as a conversation about…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Designing AWS IAM Policies Without Breaking Production
In this episode, JD sits down with Hunter O’Brien to break down one of the most misunderstood areas of AWS: Identity and Access Management (IAM). Designing policies sounds straightforward, until…
MTAR 55: Age Verification Laws, Online Privacy and the Future of Free Speech
Welcome to episode 55 of More Than a Refresh. In this episode, JD Drake talks with Samantha Baldwin, Policy & Research Staff Technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), about the…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Why Postgres Is So Hard to Change
In this Postgres Pet Peeves episode, JD sits down with Yurii Rashkovskii to unpack a frustration many experienced engineers quietly share: why is Postgres so difficult to evolve?The conversation…
MTAR T3D Sessions: When Should You Actually Use the Cloud?
In this episode, JD sits down with Command Prompt CIO Ildefonso Camargo to challenge a common assumption in modern infrastructure: if you can afford the cloud, why wouldn’t you use it?What starts as…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Missing pieces of wellness
In this episode, JD sits down with Amanda Nystrom, CEO of Command Prompt and National Board Certified Health & Wellbeing Coach, to talk about wellness for people in tech and why most advice…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Scaling PostgreSQL Without Rewriting Your Application
Welcome back to More Than a Refresh Presents: T3D Sessions.In this episode, Joshua “JD” Drake talks with Lev Kokotov, creator of PGDog, about one of the hardest problems in PostgreSQL: horizontal…
MTAR 54: AI Hype vs Reality, Scaling Limits, and What Comes Next
Welcome to Episode 54 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Kevin Jernigan to talk about AI hype versus reality, the real limits of scaling large language models, and why more data centers…
MTAR T3D Sessions: RDS Lowers the Barrier—Not the Risk
In this episode, JD sits down with Brian Fehrle to unpack a deceptively simple PostgreSQL operation that can trigger serious performance issues: adding a new column with a default value.Brian…
MTAR T3D Sessions: Why Small Wins Create Exponential Growth
In this episode, JD is joined by Alan Lazaros for a conversation about systems, consistency, and the long game behind meaningful progress. While most people focus on big breakthroughs, this…
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