James Broadhead

Postgres Leader @databricks prev: @neondatabase @mongodb @tweetdeck @twitter. All views my own.

[Atila.io @AtilaFassina]

😱

I have 5 simultaneous grilling sessions going
Not sure how I got here, but see you on the other side

I blame @victorditadi , @mario_cadenas , and @AndrasKauer for this

[Databricks @databricks]

Ship enterprise apps faster with Databricks AppKit and @Replit.

AppKit is a TypeScript framework with built-in observability and seamless integration with Databricks services. The new Replit integration lets you develop data-aware apps using natural language and deploy directly to Databricks with Unity Catalog governance built in.

Less code, fewer bugs, faster production. https://t.co/m2tui7benR

[Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf]

Wait, I’ve seen this UI before 👀

Really excited for this launch. The Neon/Lakebase team has worked incredibly hard to unify the backend of Databricks Lakebase and Neon Postgres, and we’ve already seen major efficiency gains along the way (including pricing reductions and more free-tier projects).

We now have two entry points for the unified backend:
- Neon Postgres → serverless Postgres for developers
- Databricks Lakebase → serverless Postgres for data & AI apps

All of this shipped in under six months since the acquisition. The velocity has been incredible and we’re just getting started 💚 More work to be done but very much looking forward to what’s next as we tap into the full Databricks ecosystem for Neon 📈📈📈

[Databricks @databricks]

We're introducing a set of upgrades to Lakebase that simplify how teams manage operational data for Data Intelligent Applications.

What's new, including eagerly-awaited @neondatabase features:
- Serverless autoscaling with scale to zero, for dynamic workloads
- Instant database branching for faster, safer development, testing and CI
- Automated backups and point-in-time recovery for fast restore
- Expanded Postgres version support
- A new UI that simplifies everyday workflows

These updates represent a significant milestone in defining the lakebase category, a serverless database architecture that separates OLTP storage from compute. https://t.co/Ep7fSX3aba

[Pedro Figueiredo @P_FFigueiredo]

Everything we have built in the past few months was made with AI in mind.

Building a simple SDK is much different then before, you have to think of things like:

- LLMS.txt
- Context7
- Claude Code Skills
- MCP Prompts/Resources/Tools
- Use LLM-friendly patterns

Check it out!👇

[Nikita | Scaling Postgres @nikitabase]

So proud of the team. The platform we've built is now serving Postgres for thousands of enterprise customers, powering products we all use every day.

https://t.co/rPwSLH6gbY

[Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf]

How to connect to @neondatabase?

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

@neondatabase hi

[Dariusz Parys @dariuszparys]

First time working with @neondatabase. I really like the approach of being able to branch

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

@ReidBKimball @theo well SC2 is the best game ever made -- but Outer Wilds belongs somewhere nearby on the list

[Parmita Mishra @parmita]

Omg i finally understand why founding engineer and i speak opposite languages

He says “so what are we solving for this machine” and im like “oh thats an interesting question. Let’s experiment, EDA, and figure it out” and he is like ???????

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

Incredible tech, amazing team, seamless integration - enjoy!

[Databricks @databricks]

Introducing Lakebase, the first fully-managed Postgres database integrated with the lakehouse and built for AI.

Lakebase combines the familiarity of Postgres with the scalability of the lakehouse and the agility of @neondatabase’s database branching technology. Hundreds of customers are already using Lakebase for a variety of use cases. https://t.co/YuvPTYkk0m

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

Just use postgres #lakebase

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

Neon team at @databricks Data & AI Summit #dais #lakebase

[Andre Landgraf @andrelandgraf]

Need a Postgres DB for a quick demo, experiment, or random thingy?

Free Postgres - no signup, no credit card, nothing. Spins up in milliseconds, claim it later :)

👉 https://t.co/7M5Qkydp6r

[Cody De Arkland @Codydearkland]

I'm so excited to see this hit, its legit every bit as magical as it sounds.

I spun up a project over the weekend with it. Such a clean flow, just "npx neondb --yes" and you're rolling.

It'll even add the variables to your .env file!

@neondatabase team is killing it.

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

here's our final writeup about these incidents. Lots of lessons here, especially if you're quickly allocating IPs in EKS. We've filed a PR against AWS CNI. Writeup here -- https://t.co/iyLSdNRJ7A

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

Database systems must be Durable, Secure, Available and Performant. Today, and for the second time this week, we at @neondatabase didn't succeed with our Availability in us-east-1 (1/n)

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

Here is our high-level postmortem [1] and a detailed description of the events which triggered the outage [2].

We are continuing to work on a more detailed root-cause analysis, as well as additional detail to add to [2].

[1] https://t.co/QRk5U6zlWN
[2] https://t.co/Mvaz77sOmo

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

@angelhodar @neondatabase @Netlify yes, we've reimplemented it and renamed

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

@holtbt @databricks @neondatabase much ♥️ to @hswolff for putting us in contact originally. Really glad to have you on the team

[James Broadhead @jamesbroadhead]

Leading Neon Engineering has been a blast! Reflecting on what got us here as we transition into Databricks.

Clear Priorities & Customer Focus
Ship to Learn over Perfect First Time
Find Fast, Fix Fast
Finish Things - Throughput over Parallelism
Vertical Slices on Prod