---
title: "This Week's PostgreSQL News (#61)"
publication: "Postgres Weekly"
issue: 61
published_at: "2014-06-11"
canonical_url: "https://postgresweekly.com/issues/61"
---

Postgres Weekly Issue 61 - June 11, 2014

[Archives](http://postgresweekly.com/issues) [Read this issue on the Web](http://postgresweekly.com/issues/61)**Postgres Weekly****Issue 61**
June 11, 2014[Postgres Open 2014 Early Bird Tickets and Tutorials](http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1528/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)It takes place in Chicago between September 17-19._postgresql.org_[PostgreSQL SWAG: JSON Data Type and Working with Twitter Data](http://bibhas.in/blog/postgresql-swag-json-data-type-and-working-with-twitter-data/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)A look at how easy it is to use Postgres’ JSON datatype to work with data imported from Twitter._Bibhas Debnath_[Postgres 9.4 Feature Highlight: Logical Replication Protocol](http://michael.otacoo.com/postgresql-2/postgres-9-4-feature-highlight-logical-replication-protocol/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)Logical decoding made its way into Postgres 9.4 laying the groundwork for much of the future of replication and scalability for Postgres. Here’s a deeper dive into how you can start to take advantage of these features as soon as you’re running 9.4 in production._Michael Paquier_[Technical Teacher for PostgreSQL and SQL Needed](https://www.codeschool.com/jobs?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)Love Postgres? Want to help teach and make it accessible for others? Code School wants you to help spread the good word of Postgres to others and educate them on it._Code SchoolSponsored_[PostgreSQL's Hipper, Feistier Self: An Interview with Bruce Momjian](http://www.techrepublic.com/article/postgresqls-hipper-feistier-self-an-interview-with-bruce-momjian/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)Postgres was long known as the safer, more conservative database compared to others. For years it focused on just keeping your data safe, but in more recent years it’s become more trendy. Here’s a great interview with Bruce Momjian of Postgres core on many different aspects of where Postgres is at and where it’s headed._TechRepublic_[25 Features Your Developers Are Missing When Not Using Postgres](http://www.ashnik.com/25-features-your-developers-are-missing-when-not-using-postgres/?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)Want a cheat sheet of features that you’re missing out on when not using Postgres? Here’s a great one ranging from the obvious of JSON/hstore, to the more specialized ones in dealing with auditing and unlogged tables._Sameer Kumar_[PostgreSQL Columnar Store Benchmarks On SSDs](http://citusdata.com/blog/78-postgresql-columnar-store-benchmarks-on-ssds?utm_source=postgresweekly&utm_medium=email)If you missed the [columnar store release](http://www.citusdata.com/blog/76-postgresql-columnar-store-for-analytics) by Citus Data a few weeks ago, or are wondering on what it really means, here’s a first look at some benchmarks from Citus on SSDs on performance benchmarks._Citus Data_Curated by [Craig Kerstiens](http://craigkerstiens.com/) and published by [Cooper Press](https://cooperpress.com/).
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