David Fetter
Contributor at PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Elk Grove, California, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Fetter is a seasoned database architect with 22 years focused on PostgreSQL, known for designing scalable, low-maintenance systems and contributing code and reviews to the PostgreSQL Global Development Group since 2003. He has led high-availability, zero-downtime upgrade projects and delivered major performance wins across security-sensitive and high-throughput environments at companies like OneLogin, Aiven, and Disqus. His work spans production engineering, automation, and open source: notable projects include polymorphic table functions, NUMERIC optimizations, and partitioning systems that enable online maintenance. Based in Elk Grove, CA, he combines deep technical craftsmanship with a pragmatic emphasis on operational simplicity, and his background in chemistry and mathematics informs a methodical, data-driven approach to architecture.
22 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Chemistry Mathematics, B.S. Chemistry Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
English, French, Russian, Hebrew
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Github Skills (200)
command-line-interface10
otpauth10
cpp10
antlr10
pooling10
mongodb10
logical-replication10
grammar10
one-time-password10
php10
ruby10
backup10
swift10
aws-cli10
driver10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
davidfetter/DBI-Link
Oct 2004 - Nov 2013
Contributions:77 commits in 9 years 1 month
davidfetter/weighted_stats
Dec 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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