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How I got started with FerretDB (& why we chose Postgres) with Peter Farkas

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How does a trek to K2 base camp in the Himalayas spark the idea for a database company? In Episode 27 of Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano, guest Peter Farkas—CEO and co-founder of FerretDB—shares the origin story of this open source MongoDB alternative. (Spoiler: “Ferret” wasn’t the original name). We dig into why Postgres was the obvious choice, what “true open source” means to Peter, and how FerretDB is now powered by the open source DocumentDB extension from Microsoft. Plus, why Hungarian Trappist cheese might deserve a footnote in database history.
Links mentioned in this episode:

GitHub: FerretDB/FerretDB repo
Blog: FerretDB 2.0 GA: Open Source MongoDB alternative, ready for production
ACM SIGMOD: The Design of Postgres, published 15 June 1986
Postgres Weekly: Issue 591 featuring FerretDB
GitHub: Microsoft/DocumentDB open source repo
Conference talk: From MongoDB to Postgres: Building an Open Standard for Document Databases at POSETTE 2025
OSI Blog: The SSL is Not an Open Source License
RedMonk Blog: OSS: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, by Stephen O’Grady
Talking Postgres Ep18: How I got started as a developer (& in Postgres) with David Rowley
OpenDocDB: initiative to define an open standard
Wikipedia: K2 (yes, the mountain)
Go Blog: The Go Gopher
xkcd: webcomic 927 on Standards
Wikipedia: Trappista cheese
Cal invite: LIVE recording of Ep28 of Talking Postgres to happen on Wed Jun 18, 2025

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