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by brap 414 days ago
I'm sorry but what is "the idea"? Managed postgres?

It seems like execution >>> idea in this case

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Neon goes further than just "managed postgres". I would say one of their big features is just how fast and easy you can spin up new db/clusters. It's completely possible (encouraged) to spin up 1 DB per tennant and potentially spin u and tear down 1000's of databases.

It opens up some interesting ideas/concepts when creating an isolated DB is just as easy as creating a new db table.

More specifically, the idea is "serverless" posgres.

But as I mentioned, I mean from a tech standpoint... If you're interested, they've posted various things about how the tech works.

> It seems like execution >>> idea in this case

I don't know what >>> means here, so possibly I complete agree or perhaps completely disagree.

>>> means "way better than"
Execution is more valuable than any individual technology. And the moats of the largest companies are only in part technical.