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Postgres Traffic Control

samlambert — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:31:26 +0000

Article URL: https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-database-traffic-control

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490888

Points: 17

# Comments: 1

New comment by samlambert in "Drizzle Joins PlanetScale"

samlambert — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:09:39 +0000

Hi Pedro,

I am sure there are ways the Drizzle and PlanetScale will be able to integrate. If we do it will all being using open specs and standards so other database providers can leverage the same features.

In terms of expanding to other languages, this has not been discussed but never say never I guess.

New comment by samlambert in "Drizzle Joins PlanetScale"

samlambert — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:39:23 +0000

We are so excited to be working with the incredible Drizzle team! I am around to answer questions if anyone has any.

New comment by samlambert in "$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres"

samlambert — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:24:39 +0000

It will be faster and a lot easier to use than Aurora.

New comment by samlambert in "$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres"

samlambert — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:59:35 +0000

Thank you for the feedback.

New comment by samlambert in "$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres"

samlambert — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:46:54 +0000

there aren't per customer IOPs limits but the CPU will be the bottleneck.

New comment by samlambert in "$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres"

samlambert — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:45:45 +0000

It's a durability thing, we need to make sure writes are replicated off to at least one node. There might be avenues to get Metal down to single node in the future.

New comment by samlambert in "$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres"

samlambert — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:17:29 +0000

Really excited for more people to get to use Metal. Let me know if you have any questions.

New comment by samlambert in "Show HN: QueryGlow – Self-Hosted Database GUI (Postgres, MySQL, SQLite)"

samlambert — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:48:08 +0000

Close enough, welcome back PHPmyadmin. Seriously though this is cool. Thank you for sharing.

New comment by samlambert in "10 Years of Let's Encrypt"

samlambert — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:33:30 +0000

Let’s Encrypt is an incredible project and the internet is better off for it. If you ever have questions about vitess or need help please let me know.

New comment by samlambert in "$50 PlanetScale Metal"

samlambert — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:57:36 +0000

This is high availability and unlimited IOPs at $50 a month. It's likely impossible to find cheaper hosted Postgres with comparable features.

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:46:57 +0000

for sure. it makes money for us and will lead to more usage. i am stoked we have this.

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:18:55 +0000

correcting this. i've been proven wrong we did say forever.

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:06:47 +0000

i have said almost exactly this so many times since it happened

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:05:23 +0000

read the timestamps, i did not post it after the wayback.

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:04:06 +0000

go ahead and ask the questions i will answer

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:03:34 +0000

wow we did you are right. I am corrected. That's not good.

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:31:05 +0000

thank you

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:28:50 +0000

we did. we called it the Hobby plan. we never said forever.

New comment by samlambert in "PlanetScale Offering $5 Databases"

samlambert — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:21:27 +0000

You're assuming everyone values things the way you do. People do want to pay for products that solve their problems. Pick a problem you know well and solve it for someone else who has that problem. Discover if it has enough value to them to charge an appropriate fee. If that fee covers your cost then you are in business. Now figure out what it is going to take to find the next person. Find them, solve their problem. Widen the net to a larger group and you are moving. You have to start though, you need time researching, interviewing customers, messing around.