PlanetScale
@planetscale.com
The database platform built for scale. Postgres and Vitess/MySQL.
https://planetscale.com
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https://planetscale.com
Discord: http://discord.gg/pDUGAAFEJx
Status: http://planetscalestatus.com
Why are there so many ways to connect to Postgres?
Because each method has tradeoffs. The right choice depends on your architecture.
Let's break down 5 connection methods including direct, PgBouncer, and Hyperdrive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1C...
Because each method has tradeoffs. The right choice depends on your architecture.
Let's break down 5 connection methods including direct, PgBouncer, and Hyperdrive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1C...
5 ways to connect to Postgres
YouTube video by PlanetScale
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December 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Why are there so many ways to connect to Postgres?
Because each method has tradeoffs. The right choice depends on your architecture.
Let's break down 5 connection methods including direct, PgBouncer, and Hyperdrive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1C...
Because each method has tradeoffs. The right choice depends on your architecture.
Let's break down 5 connection methods including direct, PgBouncer, and Hyperdrive.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1C...
We're donating $30,000 to directly support open source projects. Tune in to the livestream with Open Source Santa:
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December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We're donating $30,000 to directly support open source projects. Tune in to the livestream with Open Source Santa:
www.twitch.tv/theprimeagen
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All the employees at @planetscale.com are sponsoring open source projects and their maintainers today. My choice: @pgrx.bsky.social, which lets us write PostgreSQL extensions using Rust.
github.com/pgcentralfou...
github.com/pgcentralfou...
GitHub - pgcentralfoundation/pgrx: Build Postgres Extensions with Rust!
Build Postgres Extensions with Rust! Contribute to pgcentralfoundation/pgrx development by creating an account on GitHub.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
All the employees at @planetscale.com are sponsoring open source projects and their maintainers today. My choice: @pgrx.bsky.social, which lets us write PostgreSQL extensions using Rust.
github.com/pgcentralfou...
github.com/pgcentralfou...
Looking for last minute gift ideas for $50 or less?
Give the gift of blazing fast NVMe drives.
It's been a busy week of shipping ⬇️
Give the gift of blazing fast NVMe drives.
It's been a busy week of shipping ⬇️
December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Looking for last minute gift ideas for $50 or less?
Give the gift of blazing fast NVMe drives.
It's been a busy week of shipping ⬇️
Give the gift of blazing fast NVMe drives.
It's been a busy week of shipping ⬇️
We've upgraded the import experience for Vitess databases.
You can now monitor per-table progress, replication lag, and perform data verification as a part of your migration to PlanetScale.
You can now monitor per-table progress, replication lag, and perform data verification as a part of your migration to PlanetScale.
December 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We've upgraded the import experience for Vitess databases.
You can now monitor per-table progress, replication lag, and perform data verification as a part of your migration to PlanetScale.
You can now monitor per-table progress, replication lag, and perform data verification as a part of your migration to PlanetScale.
Postgres 18 is now available — PlanetScale
Postgres 18 is now available on PlanetScale
planetscale.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Analytics queries running slow?
PlanetScale now supports pg_duckdb and integrates with the MotherDuck cloud, making your OLAP workloads lightning-fast.
PlanetScale now supports pg_duckdb and integrates with the MotherDuck cloud, making your OLAP workloads lightning-fast.
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Analytics queries running slow?
PlanetScale now supports pg_duckdb and integrates with the MotherDuck cloud, making your OLAP workloads lightning-fast.
PlanetScale now supports pg_duckdb and integrates with the MotherDuck cloud, making your OLAP workloads lightning-fast.
$50 PlanetScale Metal is GA for Postgres
Visit blog/50-dollar-planetscale-metal-is-ga-for-postgres
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December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
PlanetScale Postgres keeps getting better!
Single-node databases, primary PgBouncers, intelligent Insights improvements, and more.
Check out what we've shipped ⬇️
Single-node databases, primary PgBouncers, intelligent Insights improvements, and more.
Check out what we've shipped ⬇️
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
PlanetScale Postgres keeps getting better!
Single-node databases, primary PgBouncers, intelligent Insights improvements, and more.
Check out what we've shipped ⬇️
Single-node databases, primary PgBouncers, intelligent Insights improvements, and more.
Check out what we've shipped ⬇️
Want better database observability?
PlanetScale has Prometheus-compatible metrics exporters for both Vitess and Postgres.
This plugs right in with tools you already know: Grafana, Datadog, and other popular monitoring platforms.
PlanetScale has Prometheus-compatible metrics exporters for both Vitess and Postgres.
This plugs right in with tools you already know: Grafana, Datadog, and other popular monitoring platforms.
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Want better database observability?
PlanetScale has Prometheus-compatible metrics exporters for both Vitess and Postgres.
This plugs right in with tools you already know: Grafana, Datadog, and other popular monitoring platforms.
PlanetScale has Prometheus-compatible metrics exporters for both Vitess and Postgres.
This plugs right in with tools you already know: Grafana, Datadog, and other popular monitoring platforms.
PlanetScale Insights shows you how queries perform, now also find out what they do.
Get a plain-language summary for any query. Available now in the Insights dashboard.
Get a plain-language summary for any query. Available now in the Insights dashboard.
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
PlanetScale Insights shows you how queries perform, now also find out what they do.
Get a plain-language summary for any query. Available now in the Insights dashboard.
Get a plain-language summary for any query. Available now in the Insights dashboard.
We've added metric groups to the Insights dashboard.
This makes it easier to navigate your queries and quickly identify the ones consuming too many resources or executing slowly.
This makes it easier to navigate your queries and quickly identify the ones consuming too many resources or executing slowly.
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We've added metric groups to the Insights dashboard.
This makes it easier to navigate your queries and quickly identify the ones consuming too many resources or executing slowly.
This makes it easier to navigate your queries and quickly identify the ones consuming too many resources or executing slowly.
You can now manage webhooks directly from the PlanetScale CLI.
Webhooks are useful for controlling databases in CI/CD workflows, setting up automated Slack notifications, and triggering storage usage warnings.
Read more:
planetscale.com/changelog/we...
Webhooks are useful for controlling databases in CI/CD workflows, setting up automated Slack notifications, and triggering storage usage warnings.
Read more:
planetscale.com/changelog/we...
Manage webhooks with the CLI — PlanetScale
The latest PlanetScale features and product launches.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
You can now manage webhooks directly from the PlanetScale CLI.
Webhooks are useful for controlling databases in CI/CD workflows, setting up automated Slack notifications, and triggering storage usage warnings.
Read more:
planetscale.com/changelog/we...
Webhooks are useful for controlling databases in CI/CD workflows, setting up automated Slack notifications, and triggering storage usage warnings.
Read more:
planetscale.com/changelog/we...
If you're at re:Invent next week and want to learn how PlanetScale can save you money and improve performance, book a private demo with our team:
Meet us at re:Invent
Connect with the PlanetScale team at AWS re:Invent
planetscale.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you're at re:Invent next week and want to learn how PlanetScale can save you money and improve performance, book a private demo with our team:
Shared-nothing is the best way to scale a relational database.
Nick Van Wiggeren spoke at P99 CONF about how PlanetScale operates massive, high-performance Vitess databases.
Nick Van Wiggeren spoke at P99 CONF about how PlanetScale operates massive, high-performance Vitess databases.
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Shared-nothing is the best way to scale a relational database.
Nick Van Wiggeren spoke at P99 CONF about how PlanetScale operates massive, high-performance Vitess databases.
Nick Van Wiggeren spoke at P99 CONF about how PlanetScale operates massive, high-performance Vitess databases.
Postgres databases now come with LLM-powered index recommendations.
Indexes are crucial for database performance, and these recommendations help ensure your queries are executing optimally.
Read about how we built this:
planetscale.com/blog/postgre...
Indexes are crucial for database performance, and these recommendations help ensure your queries are executing optimally.
Read about how we built this:
planetscale.com/blog/postgre...
AI-Powered Postgres index suggestions — PlanetScale
Introducing AI-powered index suggestions for PostgreSQL
planetscale.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Postgres databases now come with LLM-powered index recommendations.
Indexes are crucial for database performance, and these recommendations help ensure your queries are executing optimally.
Read about how we built this:
planetscale.com/blog/postgre...
Indexes are crucial for database performance, and these recommendations help ensure your queries are executing optimally.
Read about how we built this:
planetscale.com/blog/postgre...
The fastest cloud Postgres combined with world-class monitoring tools.
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The fastest cloud Postgres combined with world-class monitoring tools.
Stop by the PlanetScale booth at @sfruby.com to meet the team + get a hat and some free PlanetScale credits. You can find us right outside the main stage room.
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Stop by the PlanetScale booth at @sfruby.com to meet the team + get a hat and some free PlanetScale credits. You can find us right outside the main stage room.
How do Postgres and MySQL achieve data durability?
Our very own Chris Sinjakli spoke at SREcon about how this works and the many engineering challenges it presents.
Watch on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFGN...
Our very own Chris Sinjakli spoke at SREcon about how this works and the many engineering challenges it presents.
Watch on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFGN...
SREcon25 Europe/Middle East/Africa - The Computer Wants to Lose Your Data
YouTube video by USENIX
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November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
How do Postgres and MySQL achieve data durability?
Our very own Chris Sinjakli spoke at SREcon about how this works and the many engineering challenges it presents.
Watch on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFGN...
Our very own Chris Sinjakli spoke at SREcon about how this works and the many engineering challenges it presents.
Watch on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFGN...
Day 2 of KubeCon. Come by booth 643 for a Vitess or Postgres demo!
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Day 2 of KubeCon. Come by booth 643 for a Vitess or Postgres demo!
You can now provision dedicated PgBouncers for your Postgres replicas.
This gives you a connection pool that evenly distributes connections across your available replicas, making it simple to scale out read-only traffic.
This gives you a connection pool that evenly distributes connections across your available replicas, making it simple to scale out read-only traffic.
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
You can now provision dedicated PgBouncers for your Postgres replicas.
This gives you a connection pool that evenly distributes connections across your available replicas, making it simple to scale out read-only traffic.
This gives you a connection pool that evenly distributes connections across your available replicas, making it simple to scale out read-only traffic.
Attending KubeCon next week? Swing by booth 643 to meet the PlanetScale team + get a demo and swag.
Then on Wednesday, join us at the PlanetScale x @depot.dev Speakeasy Happy Hour for food, drinks, and networking.
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Then on Wednesday, join us at the PlanetScale x @depot.dev Speakeasy Happy Hour for food, drinks, and networking.
luma.com/wvs2py2m
PlanetScale x Depot Speakeasy Happy Hour · Luma
PlanetScale x Depot Speakeasy Happy Hour ☎️🥃
Unwind after a full day of KubeCon with cocktails and conversation at Atlanta's hidden gem, Red Phone Booth.…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Attending KubeCon next week? Swing by booth 643 to meet the PlanetScale team + get a demo and swag.
Then on Wednesday, join us at the PlanetScale x @depot.dev Speakeasy Happy Hour for food, drinks, and networking.
luma.com/wvs2py2m
Then on Wednesday, join us at the PlanetScale x @depot.dev Speakeasy Happy Hour for food, drinks, and networking.
luma.com/wvs2py2m
We just shipped IP restrictions for PlanetScale Postgres databases. You can now restrict connections to specific IP ranges.
Learn more in the docs: planetscale.com/docs/postgre...
Learn more in the docs: planetscale.com/docs/postgre...
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We just shipped IP restrictions for PlanetScale Postgres databases. You can now restrict connections to specific IP ranges.
Learn more in the docs: planetscale.com/docs/postgre...
Learn more in the docs: planetscale.com/docs/postgre...
We've added support for the TimescaleDB Postgres extension. Access rolls out this week during your next scheduled maintenance window.
planetscale.com/changelog/po...
planetscale.com/changelog/po...
New Postgres extension: TimescaleDB — PlanetScale
The latest PlanetScale features and product launches.
planetscale.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We've added support for the TimescaleDB Postgres extension. Access rolls out this week during your next scheduled maintenance window.
planetscale.com/changelog/po...
planetscale.com/changelog/po...