Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 05/09/2026The PlanetScale business plan: - do dope tech shit - write about it - profit 030
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 04/09/2026fleetwood mac prove that psychological safety is not a prerequisite for excellence 010
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 03/09/2026It turns out that the human lungs are not the ideal destination for the liquid inside a Gusher. Truly horrible experience. 020
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 03/09/2026We've written 2 of these. One of them serves some of the world's largest databases. The other is about to serve the rest of the world's largest databases. 010
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 03/09/2026Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth. 020
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 02/09/2026If you are in SF and want to come by our office next week to talk through how Neki can help you email me sam@planetscale.com 010
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 31/08/2026This is a SF database meetup you should not miss. We are bringing members of the Neki team from across the world to dive into how Neki works. luma.com/tym2h9zq 001
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 07/07/2026We had a talented engineer apply to PlanetScale but they told us they are ethically opposed to using AI. How do people think this is a possible stance in 2026? 150
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 02/03/2026I am going to start posting more here. What kind of database content do people want? 051
Reposted by Sam LambertEvil Martians @evilmartians.com · 29/12/2025- @planetscale.com by @samlambert.com: A MySQL-compatible serverless database with built-in scaling, branching, and non-blocking schema changes.youtu.beRuby startup demo: Sam Lambert, PlanetScale. San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025.YouTube video by Evil Martians 162
Reposted by Sam LambertAnton Tkachov @antontkachov.bsky.social · 24/11/2025🔹 planetscale.com — Zero-to-Sharded in Minutes @samlambert.com at #sfruby live-sharded a MySQL cluster with zero application changes and it worked instantly. - Vitess handles ID generation and routing Watching “unsharded -> sharded -> serving traffic” in minutes felt unreal. 021
Reposted by Sam LambertBen @benjdd.com · 06/11/2025PlanetScale now supports PgBouncers (connection poolers) for your replicas. Connection pooling is broadly important for databases, but especially for Postgres because of its process-per-connection architecture. Don't know what that means? I have the perfect article! 131
Reposted by Sam LambertPlanetScale @planetscale.com · 06/10/2025Schema recommendations are available for Postgres databases. We analyze your database daily and provide recommendations for optimization: - Remove redundant indexes - Prevent primary key ID exhaustion - Drop unused tables and indexes - Rebuild bloated tables and indexes 071
Reposted by Sam LambertMostly Technical Podcast @mostlytechnical.com · 24/09/2025This week on Mostly Technical, @aaronfrancis.com talks to @ianlandsman.com about how he reunited with @samlambert.com to launch his new YouTube channel and the incredible news he learned in the middle of emceeing Laracon. 142
Reposted by Sam LambertJeremy Daly @jeremydaly.com · 24/09/2025Issue #337 of Off-by-none is out! In this issue, Amazon Nova Act brings AI agents to your IDE, Cloudflare backs Ladybird to push the open web forward, and PlanetScale for Postgres goes GA. #offbynone offbynone.io/issues/337/offbynone.ioPostgres Goes PlanetScale 🐘 - Off-by-noneIn this issue, Amazon Nova Act brings AI agents to your IDE, Cloudflare backs Ladybird to push the open web forward, and PlanetScale for Postgres goes GA. 131
Reposted by Sam LambertPlanetScale @planetscale.com · 22/09/2025PlanetScale for Postgres is now GA. planetscale.com/blog/planets...planetscale.comPlanetScale for Postgres is now GA — PlanetScalePlanetScale for Postgres is now generally available. 1229
Reposted by Sam Lambertlastweekinaws.com @lastweekinaws.com · 18/09/202513 Aurora clusters to a sleek move onto PlanetScale. Intercom’s database journey wasn’t just a migration, it was a rethink. On the latest Screaming in the Cloud, @bscanlan.bsky.social (Senior Principal Engineer @ Intercom) joins Corey Quinn to talk about.. 132
Reposted by Sam Lambertlastweekinaws.com @lastweekinaws.com · 18/09/2025- Why Aurora became operational pain - How PlanetScale’s partnership-driven model beat AWS’s building-block approach - Intercom’s pivot to AI agents post-ChatGPT - And why the shrinking pipeline of systems engineers is a growing concern. Listen 🎧: www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/scre...lastweekinaws.com 131
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 18/09/2025Listen to @bscanlan.bsky.social talking to @quinnypig.com about how Intercom moved from AWS Aurora to @planetscale.com t.co/ZlRtVVr7Rst.cohttps://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/from-aurora-to-planetscale-intercom-s-database-evolution-with-brian-scanlan/ 093
Reposted by Sam LambertJason Long @jasonlong.me · 14/07/2025Database summary card shown on @planetscale.com dashboard. Metrics link to corresponding pages. This example has two keyspaces, the sharded one running on NVMe Metal storage. 092
Reposted by Sam LambertGomez @gomez.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Anyone want to jump on a zoom to import their postgres database to @planetscale.com? We've got a coupon $100 for you 055
Reposted by Sam LambertCorey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 02/06/2025Will it recommend moving to @planetscale.com instead? Because based upon most of the analyses I've run, it probably should. 1193
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 19/05/2025we have a postgres -> PlanetScale import tools that are ready for release soon. if you want some while glove help using them while we test, email me: s@planetscale.com 061
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 19/05/2025planetscale.com/metalplanetscale.comMetal — PlanetScalePlanetScale Metal gives you the best performance with blazing fast NVMe drives. 110
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 19/05/2025$20K/month is where your AWS bill changes the most. •$6K on RDS IOPS. •$4K on transit charges between AZs you forgot •$3K on NAT gateways passing idle traffic •$2K on S3 PUTs from the microservice the principal engineer wrote •$5K on CloudWatch logs 120
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 25/03/2025Vectors + Metal is an insane combo. We made vector storage and search into MySQL meaning PlanetScale is the first RDBMS to allow vector search as part of a full SQL query. You can pre and post filter while doing vector lookups reducing 3-4 queries into 1 0111
Reposted by Sam LambertPlanetScale @planetscale.com · 17/03/2025Intercom saw a significant improvement in both tail latency and hardware cost reduction after switching to Metal. “PlanetScale Metal has been a game changer for Intercom. All of our biggest, most critical PlanetScale databases now run on Metal.” Read their story here: pscale.link/intpscale.linkEvolving Intercom’s database infrastructure: Lessons and progressAn update on the progress we've made on the overhaul of our database architecture. Find out how PlanetScale Metal has unlocked greater scalability, performance improvements, and zero-downtime maintena... 0102
Reposted by Sam LambertCorey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 11/03/2025Based on price, performance, and (ahem) reliability, I’m really puzzled as to who’d pick Aurora over PlanetScale. Am I missing something obvious? 6458
Reposted by Sam LambertRichard Crowley @rcrowley.org · 11/03/2025Seven days after I joined @planetscale.com, I pitched what would become PlanetScale Metal to @samlambert.com. Now all of PlanetScale's customers can run Vitess the way Slack runs Vitess, on the fastest NVMe drives you can get in the cloud. planetscale.com/blog/planets...planetscale.comPlanetScale Metal: There’s no replacement for displacement — PlanetScaleLearn how PlanetScale Metal was built and how we ensured it is safe. 2253
Reposted by Sam LambertJason Long @jasonlong.me · 14/01/2025I've been helping the open source Vitess team with a rebrand, starting with an updated logo. The mark represents horizontal database sharding. Hopefully a new site design will follow soon. 4344
Reposted by Sam LambertSam Kottler @skottler.me · 07/01/2025I love monorepo build tools because I want to constantly be on the verge of walking into the sea. 1427
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 29/12/2024how do people not understand that wire protocol compatibility is a different thing from syntax, behavior, and data format compatibility? 130
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 29/12/2024it’s incredibly difficult for a male over the age of 35 to wear a baseball cap without looking like a toddler 210
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 28/12/2024whenever you log onto a new server you have to run ‘w’ a few times to let it know you are there. just like patting a horse on its head. 170
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 28/12/2024"now we are at scale i am really glad we rely on stored procedures and triggers" - nobody ever 090
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 26/12/2024its insane that there isn't a new apple mouse with magsafe 010
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 26/12/2024i’m not actually in it for the christmas dinner. for me it’s all about the leftovers sandwiches. 020
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 22/12/2024for the first time in my life i am considering buying an android phone 310
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 21/12/2024in the next 30 years there will be a mental health crisis because of the realization we are a few generations too early for immortality and gigantic technological change 130
Sam Lambert @samlambert.com · 21/12/2024the academic/theoretical side of the database community is obviously valuable, but most of the debate is irrelevant to how databases run in production 010
