SMRTR ProgrammingApr 15, 2026lobste.rs

Xata: Open source Postgres platform with copy-on-write branching and scale-to-zero

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Xata open-sourced their Kubernetes-native Postgres platform featuring fast branching, scale-to-zero, and auto-scaling. Built on CloudNativePG and OpenEBS, it's designed for internal deployments and dev/testing environments requiring quick database copies.

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