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OCS 2023: Nikita Shamgunov (Neon)

Nikita Shamgunov is the CEO of Neon.

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Introduction to Nikita and Neon β€” 2:21

Why a database should just be a url? - 3:24

Postgres early days β€” 5:08

PostgreSQL storage history and timeline of key features - 6:15

Where is Postgres now? - 8:29

Arrival of the cloud β€” 9:15

2nd generation cloud architecture. AWS Aurora, separation of storage and compute. - 9:52

In 2019, Aurora wins SIGMOD award. - 10:57

3rd generation cloud architecture with Neon. - 11:20

Benefits β€” 13:41

Scaling computes: K8s customizations - 18:28

Scaling computes: the hard parts β€” 19:32

What is a connection anyway? - 21:18

Postgres extendability - 22:18

What’s next? - 23:14

Thanks and closing β€” 25:49

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