PGConf NYC 2023 | Fleet Operations: Changing the Engine in Mid-Air

PaaS providers are meant to take the headache out of running mission-critical services, like PostgreSQL. With this small loss of control comes significant trust and the expectation that your provider is able to keep your datastores running 24/7 without fail. Getting PostgreSQL up and running may feel like magic but what you see is only the tip of the iceberg. This talk is going to show you just how deep the iceberg goes and what lessons we learned along the way.