Taking Postgres to the next level with Neon

Deep Dive into Serverless Databases with Neon: Featuring Heikki Linnakangas In this episode of the Geek Narrator podcast, host Kaivalya Apte is joined by Heikki Linnakangas, co-founder of Neon, to explore the innovative world of serverless databases. They discuss Neon's unique approach to separating compute and storage, the benefits of serverless architecture for modern applications, and dive into various compelling use cases. They also cover Neon's architectural features like branching, auto-scaling, and auto-suspend, making it a powerful tool for both developers and enterprises. Whether you're curious about multi-tenancy, fault tolerance, or developer productivity, this episode offers insightful knowledge about leveraging Neon's capabilities for your next project. 00:00 Introduction 00:53 The Birth of Neon: Why It Was Created 02:16 Understanding Serverless Databases 07:06 Neon's Architecture: Separation of Compute and Storage 09:59 Exploring Branching in Neon 18:21 Auto Scaling and Handling Spikes in Traffic 20:17 The Challenge of Multiple Writers in Distributed Systems 22:51 Auto Suspend: Cost-Effective Database Management 26:02 Optimizing Cold Start Times 27:14 Balancing Cost and Performance 28:52 Replication and Durability 30:32 Understanding the Storage Layer 34:02 Custom LSM Tree Implementation 36:21 Fault Tolerance and Failover 07:00 Developer Productivity and Use Cases 42:56 Migration and Tooling 48:35 Future Roadmap and User Experience 50:28 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Neon website: https://neon.tech/ Follow me on Linkedin and Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaivalyaapte/ and https://twitter.com/thegeeknarrator If you like this episode, please hit the like button and share it with your network. Also please subscribe if you haven't yet. Database internals series: https://youtu.be/yV_Zp0Mi3xs Popular playlists: Realtime streaming systems: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4se-mAKKoVOs3VcaP71X_LA- Software Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sf6By03bot5BhKoMgxDUU17 Distributed systems and databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sfLDUnjBJXJGFhhz94jDd_d Modern databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4scSeZAsCUXijtnfW5ARlrsN Stay Curios! Keep Learning! #PostgreSQL #SQL #RDBMS #NEON