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Subject: Re: Request for PostgreSQL Resources and Documentation
From: Andrew Cilia <indri.cilia@gmail.com>
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To: Steve Midgley <science@misuse.org>, Suat Mollasalihoglu
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Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:40:54 +0100
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Continuing on from Steve's recommendations, I'd say install two instances s=
o that you can practise
replication and manage it through pgadmin. No need for two machines. Just g=
et them running off
different ports. It helped me a good deal when I sat for my certification.


On Tue, 2024-12-03 at 11:30 -0800, Steve Midgley wrote:
>=20
>=20
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:21=E2=80=AFAM Suat Mollasalihoglu <mollasalihog=
lusuat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear PostgreSQL Experts,
> > I hope this email finds you well. My name is [Your Name], and I am curr=
ently working as a
> > PostgreSQL Database Administrator at a company developing financial sof=
tware.
> > As part of my professional development, I am committed to mastering Pos=
tgreSQL in all its
> > intricacies. I would be deeply grateful if you could share any resource=
s, documentation, or
> > recommendations that might help deepen my understanding and skills with=
 PostgreSQL.
> > If there are specific guides, best practices, or advanced topics you be=
lieve would be
> > particularly useful for someone in my field, I would be thrilled to rec=
eive your suggestions.
> > Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I truly appreciate t=
he wealth of knowledge
> > shared by the PostgreSQL community and hope to contribute back in the f=
uture.
> > Best regards,
> > Suat MOLLASAL=C4=B0HO=C4=9ELU
> >=20
> The documentation on the main site is spectacularly good, in my
> opinion:=C2=A0https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/index.html
>=20
> My input for how to move forward with learning Pg:
>  * Download the server and install it.=20
>  * Pick some interesting data projects that you want to solve
>  * Work through the docs to get your orientation
>  * Use GPT4-o (or Claude 3.5 Sonnet) and Stackoverflow to help you figure=
 out any details that you
>    get stuck on
>  * Use this list to get help when you can't move forward
>=20


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</style></head><body><div>Continuing on from Steve's recommendations, I'd s=
ay install two instances so that you can practise replication and manage it=
 through pgadmin. No need for two machines. Just get them running off diffe=
rent ports. It helped me a good deal when I sat for my certification.</div>=
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, 2024-12-03 at 11:30 -0800, Steve=
 Midgley wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; =
border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 11:21=E2=80=AFAM =
Suat Mollasalihoglu &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mollasalihoglusuat@gmail.com">mol=
lasalihoglusuat@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"=
 style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex=
"><div dir=3D"ltr"><p>Dear PostgreSQL Experts,</p><p>I hope this email find=
s you well. My name is [Your Name], and I am currently working as a Postgre=
SQL Database Administrator at a company developing financial software.</p><=
p>As part of my professional development, I am committed to mastering Postg=
reSQL in all its intricacies. I would be deeply grateful if you could share=
 any resources, documentation, or recommendations that might help deepen my=
 understanding and skills with PostgreSQL.</p><p>If there are specific guid=
es, best practices, or advanced topics you believe would be particularly us=
eful for someone in my field, I would be thrilled to receive your suggestio=
ns.</p><p>Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I truly apprec=
iate the wealth of knowledge shared by the PostgreSQL community and hope to=
 contribute back in the future.</p><p>Best regards,<br>Suat MOLLASAL=C4=B0H=
O=C4=9ELU</p></div><br></blockquote><div>The documentation on the main site=
 is spectacularly good, in my opinion:&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www.postgres=
ql.org/docs/current/index.html">https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ind=
ex.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>My input for how to move forward with =
learning Pg:</div><ul><li>Download the server and install it. </li><li>Pick=
 some interesting data projects that you want to solve</li><li>Work through=
 the docs to get your orientation</li><li>Use GPT4-o (or Claude 3.5 Sonnet)=
 and Stackoverflow to help you figure out any details that you get stuck on=
</li><li>Use this list to get help when you can't move forward</li></ul><di=
v><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><span></span></div=
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