Creating a Postgres platform with Monica & Tudor from Xata.io

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Production ready Postgres for teams that ship fast: https://xata.io In this interview, I talk with Monica Sarbu and Tudor Golubenco from Xata about their journey from Elastic to founding Xata. We deep dive on building a Postgres hosting platform, handling schema changes, and how they've made their free tier economical. 

Links Mentioned: 
Xata.io: https://xata.io/ The economics of a Postgres free tier: 
https://xata.io/blog/postgres-free-tier 

Follow Monica & Tudor: 
Monica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicasarbu 
Monica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasarbu 
Tudor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tudor_g 
Tudor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tudorgolubenco/ 

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Database school on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI72dgeNJtzqElnNB6sQoAn2R-F3Vqm15
Database school audio only: https://databaseschool.transistor.fm 

Chapters: 
00:00 - Introduction 
00:26 - What is Xata? Overview and Mission 
01:32 - Open Source Projects: PG Roll and PG Stream 
02:33 - Synchronizing Data: Postgres to Elastic Search 
03:12 - Monica and Tudor's Background & Journey to Elastic 
04:00 - Founding of Packetbeat: The Start of Open Source Monitoring 
06:08 - Transition from Elastic to Starting Xata 
07:00 - Launching a Nonprofit and Insights on Database Challenges 
08:29 - The Idea Behind Xata: Simplifying Application Development 
10:00 - Tudor Joins Xata: The Decision to Start Again 
10:47 - The Technical Vision for Xata's Platform 
12:06 - Founding Xata During the Pandemic 13:11 - Funding Journey: From Seed to Series A 
15:07 - Building a Platform, Not Just a Hosted Database 
17:20 - Introducing Postgres to Xata's Stack 
20:19 - Navigating Postgres as a DBA 
22:44 - Open Source Strategy & Community Building 
27:48 - PG Stream Use Cases & Postgres Replication 
32:08 - PG Roll for Zero Downtime Schema Changes 
36:05 - Implementing Safe and Fast Schema Changes 
39:49 - Blob Storage and Cloudflare Integration 
45:11 - Xata's Unique Features: Serving Builders and Larger Teams 
49:20 - Free Tier Economics and Why It Matters 
56:04 - Working as a Husband-Wife Team