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Cédric Villemain

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Cédric Villemain

Worked on the citusdata/citus repository to enhance distributed PostgreSQL extension reliability and security. Over three months, addressed critical bugs in distributed query planning by implementing robust expression validation and improving subquery handling in UPDATE and INSERT statements using C and SQL. Delivered column-level GRANT and REVOKE support, extending DDL propagation and access control logic to ensure precise permissions across distributed tables. Improved reliability of UPDATE operations involving complex array and JSONB subscripting by refining SQL deparsing and target list management. Demonstrated depth in database internals, distributed systems, and query processing, focusing on correctness, safety, and maintainability in production environments.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

33%Features

Repository Contributions

4Total
Bugs
2
Commits
4
Features
1
Lines of code
4,424
Activity Months3

Your Network

25 people

Shared Repositories

25

Work History

July 2025

1 Commits

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025 monthly summary for citusdata/citus focused on reliability improvements for distributed UPDATE statements. Delivered a targeted bug fix addressing indirection and multi-field array/jsonb subscripting, ensuring correct deparsing and handling of complex update scenarios in distributed environments. The change reduces edge-case failures and improves overall correctness of UPDATE operations across shards.

April 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2025

Monthly summary for 2025-04 focused on delivering fine-grained access control changes in the distributed CitUS extension and reinforcing security across the distributed cluster.

March 2025

2 Commits

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025 (2025-03): Fixed critical safety and correctness gaps in the citus distributed planner, targeting subquery handling in UPDATE statements and INSERT INTO ... SELECT with subfields/sublinks. Implemented robust expression validation via CheckExprExecutorSafe (manages PARAM_MULTIEXPR and PARAM_SUBLINK), addressed crashes, and expanded regression tests to cover complex sublink scenarios. These changes stabilize distributed query planning and reduce risk of incorrect updates or inserts in production across distributed deployments.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability80.0%
Architecture85.0%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSQL

Technical Skills

C ProgrammingDatabase AdministrationDatabase InternalsDistributed SystemsPostgreSQL InternalsQuery PlanningSQLSQL Query PlanningSQL Query Processing

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

citusdata/citus

Mar 2025 Jul 2025
3 Months active

Languages Used

CSQL

Technical Skills

C ProgrammingDatabase InternalsDistributed SystemsQuery PlanningSQLSQL Query Planning