Making the last database you’ll ever need (Founders Talk #85)

01/14/22 • 85 min

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This week Adam is joined by Sam Lambert, CEO of PlanetScale. Now that PlanetScale is in general availability, Adam had to get Sam on the show to talk about the behind the scenes of building this database platform, how this is the last database you’ll ever need and what that means for developers, why serverless, its open source underpinnings with Vitess, and a preview of what’s to come.

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Transcript for Founders Talk #85 Adam Stacoviak:

Well, Sam, welcome to Founders Talk. It's been a bit, we've talked a few times... At least once, let's say. Big fan of what you're doing at PlanetScale, big fan of your journey to get here. The name says it all, right? PlanetScale. Isn't that cool, when you have a brand that says exactly what your intentions are?

Sam Lambert:

Absolutely. And people have made many comments about the name, and the ambition that t