1,000 Postgres databases = One process 🐘
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1,000 Postgres databases = One process 🐘 That's how http://pgx.dev works. Instead of running a separate Postgres server for every AI agent, PGX runs thousands of isolated databases inside a single Rust runtime. Under the hood: → One shared SQL engine → Each database has its own tables and data → ~70 KB per untouched idle database → ~6 ms warm database creation (p50) → Copy-on-write cloning on ZFS → Automatic TTL cleanup All through the standard Postgres wire protocol. Your existing clients and ORMs just work. No Docker. No cloud. No 1,000 server processes. Built for disposable AI agent d
Posted by alex shapalov (3.8k followers) 2 days ago · 108 likes · 6.8k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Dev Radar as Databases. Tools mentioned: pgx.dev.
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