[Insanity]

We're experimenting with Lakebase now (Databricks' name for Neon).

Initial results are actually pretty cool when using the UI to spin it up. The API leaves some things to be desired (bad error messages that obfuscate the actual error, undocumented rate limiting, ..).

Plus, there's been quite a number of strange bugs we ran into, like tables that don't recreate correctly because of dangling resources.

Overall, I'm pretty excited about the product because it makes life a bit easier, but it's not really 'production quality yet'.

(Alternatively, maybe we're just doing things in a bad way while we're learning to use it, so it could be a PEBKAC type of issue, rather than a Lakebase issue).

[vlucas]

It's not about the $250 being too expensive. It's about feeling like you're not getting a good value - being overcharged for a subpar product.

Quote from the article:

> At $250/month for 4 databases without any replicas, we were paying premium prices for subpar reliability.

[samlambert]

I'd be happy to show you around PlanetScale if there is interest.