James Broadhead
@jamesbroadhead.bsky.social
@neondatabase prev: mongodb, twitter. tech, infra, music. Just getting started over here. jbo@mastodon.social
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To finish up, here’s a demo: fyi.neon.tech/pgsearch
Search over 50 million records using pg_search and Neon!
Search over 50 million records using pg_search and Neon!
Editions Collection — Postgres with pg_search
View 53 million editions from Open Library.
fyi.neon.tech
March 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To finish up, here’s a demo: fyi.neon.tech/pgsearch
Search over 50 million records using pg_search and Neon!
Search over 50 million records using pg_search and Neon!
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the perfect wall clock doesn't ex......
March 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
the perfect wall clock doesn't ex......
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Every tech company* has platform teams trying to build:
1. Heroku, except hand-rolled
2. One giant shared database, so engineers can ignore analytics without consequence
3. If they have a monolith, microservices. If microservices, a monolith
4. A solution to the halting problem
* Hyperbole. I hope
1. Heroku, except hand-rolled
2. One giant shared database, so engineers can ignore analytics without consequence
3. If they have a monolith, microservices. If microservices, a monolith
4. A solution to the halting problem
* Hyperbole. I hope
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Every tech company* has platform teams trying to build:
1. Heroku, except hand-rolled
2. One giant shared database, so engineers can ignore analytics without consequence
3. If they have a monolith, microservices. If microservices, a monolith
4. A solution to the halting problem
* Hyperbole. I hope
1. Heroku, except hand-rolled
2. One giant shared database, so engineers can ignore analytics without consequence
3. If they have a monolith, microservices. If microservices, a monolith
4. A solution to the halting problem
* Hyperbole. I hope
Sometimes demos of Neon are so fast, they kinda feel fake and there isn't enough time to stop and say "this is the cool bit"
No idea how to fix this. Not sure if I should
neon-demos-branching.vercel.app
No idea how to fix this. Not sure if I should
neon-demos-branching.vercel.app
Copy your database in milliseconds
A demo to create a copy of your database, make changes to it, and restore it to the original state in milliseconds..
neon-demos-branching.vercel.app
February 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sometimes demos of Neon are so fast, they kinda feel fake and there isn't enough time to stop and say "this is the cool bit"
No idea how to fix this. Not sure if I should
neon-demos-branching.vercel.app
No idea how to fix this. Not sure if I should
neon-demos-branching.vercel.app
Agents love fast provisioning
Agent companies love scale-to-zero pricing
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ai...
Agent companies love scale-to-zero pricing
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ai...
How AI agents should handle infra: What we learned deploying 480k databases for agents
First it was Replit , this week Create XYZ, more big ones in new verticals coming soon. As a category, AI Agents are now creating databases on Neon at more than 4x the rate of developers.
www.linkedin.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Agents love fast provisioning
Agent companies love scale-to-zero pricing
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ai...
Agent companies love scale-to-zero pricing
www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ai...
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message from Jimmy Carter
December 30, 2024 at 5:12 AM
message from Jimmy Carter
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They eat a cold carb
They eat a hot carb
They eat a cheesy carb
They eat a chocolate carb
They eat a carb that remind them of the good times
They eat a carb that reminds them of the best times
They eat a hot carb
They eat a cheesy carb
They eat a chocolate carb
They eat a carb that remind them of the good times
They eat a carb that reminds them of the best times
December 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
They eat a cold carb
They eat a hot carb
They eat a cheesy carb
They eat a chocolate carb
They eat a carb that remind them of the good times
They eat a carb that reminds them of the best times
They eat a hot carb
They eat a cheesy carb
They eat a chocolate carb
They eat a carb that remind them of the good times
They eat a carb that reminds them of the best times
3 terminals open, synthwave blaring through headphones, upgrading gentoo
ah, this is living
ah, this is living
December 16, 2024 at 10:07 PM
3 terminals open, synthwave blaring through headphones, upgrading gentoo
ah, this is living
ah, this is living
It's like a free loan
schema free isn't free at all
December 16, 2024 at 7:01 PM
It's like a free loan
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this guys seattle startup is doing very well.
…still could use a Postgres database that go go goes! ⚡
…still could use a Postgres database that go go goes! ⚡
November 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
this guys seattle startup is doing very well.
…still could use a Postgres database that go go goes! ⚡
…still could use a Postgres database that go go goes! ⚡
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Neon Deploy is our 1hr ship event - starting in 5 minutes - lots to announce, hope you enjoy!
neon.tech/stage
neon.tech/stage
Neon Deploy Stage — Neon
Join us online on October 30th at 10:00 AM PT to learn how Neon empowers developers to ship faster with Postgres.
neon.tech
October 30, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Neon Deploy is our 1hr ship event - starting in 5 minutes - lots to announce, hope you enjoy!
neon.tech/stage
neon.tech/stage
Found myself sharing Distributed Systems for Young Bloods by the inimitable @jmhodges.bsky.social earlier today. It's good stuff www.somethingsimilar.com/2013/01/14/n...
Notes on Distributed Systems for Young Bloods – Something Similar
www.somethingsimilar.com
September 30, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Found myself sharing Distributed Systems for Young Bloods by the inimitable @jmhodges.bsky.social earlier today. It's good stuff www.somethingsimilar.com/2013/01/14/n...
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i had a good time learning about video games :] the first game character was Mario the Wanderer, who seeks what has been lost. the second game character was Luigi the Wanderer, who seeks what has been lost
April 29, 2024 at 5:52 PM
i had a good time learning about video games :] the first game character was Mario the Wanderer, who seeks what has been lost. the second game character was Luigi the Wanderer, who seeks what has been lost
Big news coming from #neondatabase on the 15th!
April 10, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Big news coming from #neondatabase on the 15th!
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Neon is really cool. Serverless PG, and open source. This is kinda the holy grail, right?
neon.tech/docs/introdu...
neon.tech/docs/introdu...
What is Neon? - Neon Docs
Neon is a fully managed serverless Postgres with a generous free tier. Neon separates storage and compute and offers modern developer features such as serverless, branching, bottomless storage, and mo...
neon.tech
September 20, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Neon is really cool. Serverless PG, and open source. This is kinda the holy grail, right?
neon.tech/docs/introdu...
neon.tech/docs/introdu...
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February 1, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Highlight of my day: smashing 6 pumpkins with a spade so they'd fit into our compost bin
Low-light: Pulling a neck muscle in a freak flower-arranging accident
Low-light: Pulling a neck muscle in a freak flower-arranging accident
November 3, 2023 at 12:03 AM
Highlight of my day: smashing 6 pumpkins with a spade so they'd fit into our compost bin
Low-light: Pulling a neck muscle in a freak flower-arranging accident
Low-light: Pulling a neck muscle in a freak flower-arranging accident
Time to get started over here, I think. Maybe late to the party. Hi!
November 2, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Time to get started over here, I think. Maybe late to the party. Hi!