Euler Taveira is a Principal Engineer and longtime PostgreSQL contributor with 20 years of experience building and architecting database systems and related tools. At EDB he blends hands-on Postgres core development, tooling (author of wal2json, pg_similarity and pgquarrel), and operational support to help customers run mission-critical systems. His open-source work spans extraction plugins and connection pooling improvements (notably contributions to widely used projects like wal2json and PgBouncer), emphasizing reliability, test coverage and maintainability. A former CTO and technical consultant, he has led migrations, high-availability and multi-master efforts while mentoring teams. Based in Tocantins, Brazil, he pairs deep technical expertise with a pragmatic focus on business continuity—and outside work he stays fit as a runner and soccer player.
20 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Eng, Computer Engineering, Eng, Computer Engineering at Universidade Federal de Goiás
Contributions:7 releases, 9 reviews, 117 commits in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Euler primarily contributed to the development of `wal2json`, a JSON output plugin for changeset extraction in PostgreSQL. Their work involved significant code changes, including implementing new features like filtering messages by prefixes and actions. The user also addressed various bugs, enhanced test coverage, and refactored the output format for improved efficiency. Additionally, the user added new functionalities like including origin and domain information in format version 2, and column positions for schema changes.
Contributions:73 reviews, 18 commits, 57 PRs in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Euler primarily focused on improving the code quality and maintainability of the project. Their contributions include fixing typos, correcting unchecked return values, and standardizing code formatting (uppercase keywords). Additionally, the user made changes to the configuration and documentation, and introduced features such as per-database minimum pool size and query cancellation metrics. These changes indicate a focus on optimizing and enhancing the functionality and usability of the PostgreSQL connection pooler.
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