Database School

Feb 17 2025 11 ep. 73 mins 17
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Join database educator Aaron Francis as he gets schooled by database professionals.

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Postgres on bare metal with the CEO of Prisma

Feb 17 2025 84 mins  
Prisma started as a GraphQL backend and pivoted into one of the most widely used ORMs in the world. Now, they’ve launched Prisma Postgres, and CEO Søren Bramer Schmidt is here to break down the journey, the challenges, and the massive technical innovations behind it—including bare-metal servers, Firecracker microVMs, and unikernels. If you care about databases, performance, or

Moving from Redis to SQLite with Mike Buckbee

Nov 26 2024 69 mins  
Want to learn more SQLite? Check out my SQLite course: https://highperformancesqlite.com In this episode, I sit down with Mike Buckbee to dive into the nitty-gritty of web application firewalls and his journey from using Redis to SQLite in Wafris. We talk about database architecture, operational challenges, and the fascinating ways SQLite improves performance and usability in cyber

Bootstrapping an email service provider (with Jesse Hanley)

Oct 14 2024 81 mins  
Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com. In this interview, I talk with Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, about running a lean email service from Japan. We chat about the challenges of scaling infrastructure, managing databases, and maintaining a calm business while serving a global customer base. Links Mentioned: Bento: https://benton

Creating a Postgres platform with Monica & Tudor from Xata.io

Oct 07 2024 61 mins  
Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com. Production ready Postgres for teams that ship fast: https://xata.io In this interview, I talk with Monica Sarbu and Tudor Golubenco from Xata about their journey from Elastic to founding Xata. We deep dive on building a Postgres hosting platform, handling schema changes, and how they've made t

Heroku's glory days & Postgres vs the world, w/ Craig Kerstiens

Sep 24 2024 62 mins  
Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com. In this interview, I dive deep with Craig Kerstiens from Crunchy Data into the world of Postgres, covering its rise to prominence, scaling at Heroku, and the power of Postgres extensions. Craig also shares insights on database sharding, the future of Postgres, and why developers love working w

Ruby on Rails + SQLite with Stephen Margheim

Aug 08 2024 103 mins  
Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af.In this interview, I talk to Stephen Margheim about his work with SQLite and Ruby on Rails. Links: Database school on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI72dgeNJtzqElnNB6sQoAn2R-F3Vqm15 Database school audio only: http

Migrating from Postgres to SQLite with Kent C. Dodds

Jun 20 2024 51 mins  
Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com. Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af. In this interview, I talk to Kent C. Dodds about SQLite, LiteFS and the React ecosystem. Kent: https://twitter.com/kentcdodds EpicWeb: https://www.epicweb.dev The Epic Stack: https://www.epicweb.dev/epic-stack Fly.io: https://fly.

Production SQLite with Turso and libSQL

Jun 14 2024 100 mins  
Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af.In this interview I talk to Glauber Costa, CEO of Turso.

Offline-first, multiplayer SQLite

Jun 13 2024 86 mins  
Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com. Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af.In this interview I talk to Carl Sverre about his new project: SQLSync. It's an offline-first, collaborative wrapper around SQLite. We cover event sourcing, conflict resolution, VFSes, and more! Carl: https://twitter.com/carlsverre

Distributed SQLite with Litestream and LiteFS

Jun 13 2024 57 mins  
Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com. Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af.Ben and Aaron discuss replication and backups in SQLite, Litestream and LiteFS, and future mad scientist projects Ben is working on. • Ben Johnson on Twitter: https://x.com/benbjohnson • Litestream: https://litestream.io/ • L