Presented by:

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Varun Dhawan

from Microsoft

Varun Dhawan is a Principal Product Manager in the Azure Postgres team at Microsoft, specializing in PostgreSQL. With over two decades of experience, he has deep expertise in database systems like PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle. Varun leads initiatives aimed at enhancing cloud database technologies, improving developer experience and empowering businesses to leverage the full potential of open-source databases.

Before joining Microsoft, Varun was a DevOps Engineer at Target Corp. and a Database SRE at McKinsey&Company, where he focused on improving database performance and driving cloud technology adoption. His passion for sharing knowledge is evident through his writing on his personal blog - https://data-nerd.blog/ and Azure Database for Postgres Blog, where he explores database management insights and best practices.

You can follow him on twitter @iVarund or connect on https://www.linkedin.com/in/varundhawan/

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Dive into a realm of innovation where PostgreSQL meets modern API technologies, orchestrated by the versatile Microsoft’s open-source project Data API Builder (DAB). Tailored for PostgreSQL Application Developers, this session is set to unravel the seamless process of morphing PostgreSQL tables into dynamic REST/GraphQL APIs, sans the complexity of extensive programming or cumbersome configurations.

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Witness the marvel of DAB through real-world scenarios that underline its efficacy in hastening the backend development for a spectrum of applications, and ensuring a smooth sail in data integration ventures. The discourse will venture into performance optimization, elucidating pragmatic strategies for managing escalating workloads through scalable infrastructure, horizontal scaling, and load balancing, all pivotal for robust application development.

A step-by-step tutorial will navigate attendees through the setup landscape of these open-source tools, spotlighting the streamlined experience delivered by solutions like DAB. Attendees will be nudged towards embracing these tools in their application development projects, thus enriching their development workflows and unlocking superior application integration capabilities.

Join us in this enlightening voyage aimed at simplifying the transformation of PostgreSQL tables into REST/GraphQL APIs, empowering PostgreSQL Application Developers to seamlessly meld their databases with modern application frameworks. Through this session, immerse in a reservoir of knowledge that will not only refine your database-to-API integration endeavors but also propel your applications towards a horizon of enhanced functionality and interoperability.

Date:
2024 March 1 - 14:00
Duration:
40 min
Room:
Robusta + Arabica
Conference:
PGConf India, 2024
Language:
Track:
Application Developer
Difficulty:
Medium

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