Seattle Postgres: Inside Databricks Lakebase and Neon Serverless PostgreSQL

Seattle Postgres User Group

David will explain what makes Neon and Lakebase unique, diving deep into its data lake-based disaggregated compute and storage architecture.

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<a href="https://www.meetup.com/seattle-postgres/events/313470042/" title="https://www.meetup.com/seattle-postgres/events/313470042/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.meetup.com/seattle-postgres/events/313470042/</a>In 2025, Databricks announced Lakebase, a new category of databases, and launched it based on Neon Serverless PostgreSQL technology. In this talk, David will explain what makes Neon and Lakebase unique, diving deep into its data lake-based disaggregated compute and storage architecture. He will also explore what makes these systems exceptionally well-suited for new app developers and AI agents with features such as instant provisioning, branching, and scaling. Notably, 80% of databases on Neon are now created by agents, a trend that reflects the shifting landscape of database management. In addition to classic PostgreSQL and enterprise workloads. Demos will include how to get started in seconds for free, with no sign up required.===== Speaker: David is a Principal Engineer at Databricks in Bellevue, focusing on Lakebase. Prior to joining Databricks, he held various leadership roles over nine years at AWS, including technical responsibility for the initial launch of Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and serving as Director of the Aurora Limitless Database project. David has nearly 30 years of experience in relational databases, having contributed to SAP HANA, Sybase IQ, and Sybase ASE.

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