Adam Prout
@a_proutPostgres @AzureDBPostgres. Ex-MemSQL/SingleStoreDB cofounder. Database builder. One trick pony.
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The DiskANN vector search algorithm developed by Microsoft research is now available in Azure Postgres (more accurate and robust indexing vs vanilla pg_vector.. see blog for details). Not available in open source just yet...stay tuned. techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-datab…
I'd agree that database builders have stopped considering if using consensus for data replication is the right design for their system (and that in many cases it's the wrong design): link.medium.com/trbk9OvWtNb I blame the popularity of the Spanner paper (it is a great paper)!
So the tldr of the last decade in distributed databases is: don't use distributed consensus to store your data? Use distributed consensus for the control plane and use a simpler replication scheme (still remaining consistent) for the data plane?
Had a similar fear: "Bluntly, founders are at grave risk of misinterpreting Graham’s "Founders Mode" to be a license to micromanage their teams, descending into the kind of manic seagull management that inhibits a team rather than empowering it."
This is a great start on getting a world class columnstore engine (DuckDB) integrated into Postgres. Its missing storage integration right now (can't store data locally with PG and have it be WAL logged, backed up, replicated, etc.). Maybe someday...
Who says duck and elephant DNA just don't splice? We're helping put DuckDB in Postgres as an open source project owned by DuckDB Foundation. motherduck.com/blog/pg_duckdb…
From cheese factory to Postgres committer (now part of the @AzureDBPostgres team). I've only worked with David a little bit, but he always entertains my "Postgres newb" ideas and questions.
New episode of the #TalkingPostgres podcast (previously #PathToCitusCon) In Ep18, @davidrowley_pg & I talk about how David got his start as a developer & in #PostgreSQL. Starting from motorbikes 🏍️ & cheese factories 🧀 🎧 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/how-i… 📺 aka.ms/TalkingPostgre…
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Big @neondatabase news: We’re expanding to Azure, first with Azure regions in Neon console, deeper integration after that. This is backed by a strategic investment from M12 (MSFT VC arm) Full story in thread:
Nice to see that we played a small part in SQL database history at @SingleStoreDB (aka MemSQL) RE: the NewSQL movement that was part of the founding of the company. I believe we are the only NewSQL era database to hit $100 million in revenue.
It took three years to finish, but our follow-up to the 2006 "What Goes Around Comes Around" is finally out! Stonebraker and I examine the last 20 years in databases and discuss why relational databases + SQL will continue to remain on top. 📄PDF: db.cs.cmu.edu/papers/2024/wh…
Microsoft Research has been doing research on index tuning and autonomous databases for decades. This is the first time that research has been applied to Postgres (for Azure Postgres). SQL Server has been taking advantage of this research for years. techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-datab…
Microsoft is investing heavily in Postgres - both in open source and in the Azure Postgres managed service. Expect to see our work in both areas accelerate going forward. For more details check out this great post by @clairegiordano techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-datab…
I learned today that TimescaleDB deprecated their distributed (multi-node) support: github.com/timescale/time… It reminded me that distributed databases come with a cost: link.medium.com/EqYDWxaeFIb
Check out this sneak peak of the new serverless technology I've been working on: techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-datab…
Some interesting tech. out of Microsoft Research - a high perf. redis compatible cache. This is from the same folks who built the FASTER key-value store - so I expect their benchmark results to stand up to production testing. microsoft.com/en-us/research…
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