About the author

Luca has been passionate about computer science since the Commodore 64 era, and today holds a master's degree (with honors) and a PhD from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He has written several research papers, technical articles, and book chapters.

In 2011, he was named Adjunct Professor by the University of Nipissing. An avid Unix user, he is a strong advocate of open source, and in his free time he collaborates with a few projects. He met PostgreSQL back in release 7.3; he was a founder and former president of the Italian PostgreSQL Community (ITPUG), he talks regularly at technical conferences and events, and delivers professional training. In his teenage years, he was quite a proficient archer. He lives in Italy with his beautiful wife, son, and two (female) cats.

I thank my family for being patient while I was spending so much time in front of my computer. And I thank Olivia and Sofia for constantly purring alongside me while typing.

A big thank you to my best friends, Monica Piccinelli and Claudio Chiossi, for being there to listen to my musings and patiently keep me on track.

Thanks to my friend, Enrico Pirozzi, who believed in me from the very beginning.

The people at Packt have been really professional and collaborative: thank you, all!

And, of course, I really thank the people behind PostgreSQL, for giving us such a big database and community!
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