PlanetScale

The page compares the read performance of Postgres 18 and Postgres 17, noting that Postgres 18 adds async I/O and I/O worker threads.

Posts about the PlanetScale platform, MySQL, PostgreSQL, databases, and more.

The page explains how transactions cause deadlocks and how they can lead to downtime. It discusses reducing deadlocks with better queries and retry logic, and how Traffic Control can protect a database from its application.

The page explains how to make 768 distinct Postgres servers appear as one to applications.

The page compares Amazon Aurora blue/green deployments with PlanetScale branching.

The page explains how Amazon Aurora replication works and compares it with the traditional MySQL replication strategy used by PlanetScale.

The page compares PlanetScale’s multi-cloud database platform for Postgres and Vitess with Amazon Aurora, an AWS managed relational database service.

The page compares PlanetScale’s multi-cloud database platform for Postgres and Vitess with Amazon RDS, AWS’s managed relational database service.

A globally distributed team of database experts building the fastest MySQL and Postgres platform.

PlanetScale offers the world’s fastest and most scalable cloud hosting for Vitess, Neki, and Postgres.

Neon and PlanetScale are serverless databases that offer branching workflows. The article says they are architecturally different products designed to solve different problems.

Mar 2026 · AutonomaNews article

PlanetScale offers a database platform for MySQL and PostgreSQL optimized for performance and scalability. It uses database branching to manage workflows from local development through production.

Mar 2026 · Tericcabrel BlogNews article

PlanetScale CEO Sam Lambert discusses the company’s interest in Postgres alongside its continued focus on MySQL. PlanetScale is built on Vitess, an open-source MySQL sharding solution YouTube created to scale beyond a single server.

Jan 2026 · WorkOSNews article

PlanetScale announces the general availability of its managed, sharded Postgres service. The service runs on AWS or GCP and is built for performance and reliability.

Oct 2025 · InfoQNews article