The PostgreSQL community mourns Simon Riggs
The PostgreSQL community is dealing with the loss of Simon Riggs, who
passed away on March 26:
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Simon was responsible for many of the enterprise features we find in PostgreSQL today, including point in time recovery, hot standby, and synchronous replication. He was the founder of 2ndQuadrant which employed many of the PostgreSQL developers, later becoming part of EDB where he worked as a Postgres Fellow until his retirement. He was responsible for the UK PostgreSQL conferences for many years until he passed that responsibility to PostgreSQL Europe last year.
| From: | PostgreSQL Core Team via PostgreSQL Announce <announce-noreply-AT-postgresql.org> | |
| To: | PostgreSQL Announce <pgsql-announce-AT-lists.postgresql.org> | |
| Subject: | Remembering Simon Riggs | |
| Date: | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:42:47 +0000 | |
| Message-ID: | <171155416775.7100.16346482309098314395@wrigleys.postgresql.org> | |
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The PostgreSQL Core Team is deeply saddened by the loss of our long-time friend and colleague Simon Riggs on the 26th of March, 2024. Simon was responsible for many of the enterprise features we find in PostgreSQL today, including point in time recovery, hot standby, and synchronous replication. He was the founder of 2ndQuadrant which employed many of the PostgreSQL developers, later becoming part of EDB where he worked as a Postgres Fellow until his retirement. He was responsible for the UK PostgreSQL conferences for many years until he passed that responsibility to PostgreSQL Europe last year. Simon's last community contribution was the presentation of the keynote at PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2023 in Prague, which you can watch [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-J36IxYv4). Simon will be sorely missed by everyone that knew him, and the PostgreSQL Project offers its deepest sympathies to his family and friends at this time.
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The PostgreSQL community mourns Simon Riggs
Posted Mar 27, 2024 16:27 UTC (Wed) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183) [Link]
Wow, that is sad news. I remember his dedication to pushing PostgreSQL to the next level. We feel the benefits daily.
May he rest in peace. His work will not be forgotten.
The PostgreSQL community mourns Simon Riggs
Posted Mar 27, 2024 20:01 UTC (Wed) by willy (subscriber, #9762) [Link]
I met Simon a few times at various conferences. What a loss; he was such a nice chap.
The PostgreSQL community mourns Simon Riggs
Posted Mar 31, 2024 3:12 UTC (Sun) by denials (subscriber, #3413) [Link]
Me too. He was very encouraging to newcomers to the community, willing to entertain new ideas and break down barriers to contribution. What a loss.
The PostgreSQL community mourns Simon Riggs
Posted Mar 28, 2024 8:52 UTC (Thu) by Sesse (subscriber, #53779) [Link]
Indeed a great loss.
Evidently, it was a solo aircraft accident: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-03-27/truly-great-fa...
The PostgreSQL community mourns Simon Riggs
Posted Mar 28, 2024 9:11 UTC (Thu) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
Oh no. I saw the incident circulate on aviation channels. Poor Simon. Condolences to his family and friends for the loss. Very sorry.
General aviation is very very unforgiving.