Database constraints with Andrew Atkinson

Benedikt talks to Andrew Atkinson about different types of database constraints and his upcoming book.

• Read the tweet that triggered this interview
• Learn more about High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails
• Check out Andrew’s blog
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Andrew Atkinson is a staff software engineer at Fountain who is very passionate about Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL (just like Benedikt!). He’s so passionate about them that he’s actually writing a book called “High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails” that’s coming out very soon.

Benedikt and Andrew also talk about dealing with constraints and ActiveRecord, Rails validations, and more.