Aiven represented at PGDay Chicago 2025, a conference that offered a range of talks on PostgreSQL database administration, performance optimization, and use cases. The event was great for anyone involved in Database Administration, including beginners, with a focus on student-friendly PGDataDay by Prairie Postgres. Key takeaways included the importance of using the right tools and extensions to achieve fast performance, managing tuple bloat and dead tuples, and leveraging PostgreSQL's flexibility as an open-source database. The conference also highlighted the potential of PostgreSQL as a versatile tool for various use cases, including PubSub patterns and hybrid search. Attendees were mostly professionals in the Chicago tech space, eager to share their experiences in the industry.