Compute is not something to waste these days. The average Neon production database resizes every 81 seconds to use just the compute it needs.
This writeup explains how we do this, summary in thread:
- New in Neon this week: - Even more CLI commands for agents: neon skills, neon mcp, neon plugins - Rollout history for minor Postgres upgrades - Support for fx
- AI increases the importance of keeping systems up-to-date. The latest Postgres minor version fixed 28 CVEs. So far this year, the Lakebase Postgres team has rolled out every minor version upgrade within 5 days of release, automatically. Docs: neon.com/docs/postgresq…
- The Neon CLI is moving fast. In the last weeks, we added tooling for agents, Postgres debugging, branch-first workflows, and tons more Check out what's new: neon.com/blog/just-land…
- Postgres on S3 is the right design, but even more interesting is making WAL the source of truth. This is how our storage works - we wrote a deep dive, summary on thread:
