Agents Don’t Need Instant Spin‑up; Seconds Don’t Matter
I keep hearing "agents can't wait". Sandboxes and DBs must spin up as fast as possible. But I don't understand why. Agents typically work in the background. Few extra seconds won't matter. And I see Codex use Docker, waiting for it as long as needed. What am I missing?
Founding Nile, Life Lessons, and Postgres Conference Essentials
Had such a great time chatting with Claire on TalkingPostgres. We covered everything from my motivation for founding Nile, life lessons learned during different states in my career and the most important things in a Postgres conference.
CEOs Must Use Their Own Products to Spot Friction
Azure aside, every CEO should use his own products occasionally. You can endlessly debate product priorities, dollars and roadmap. But *feeling* how the product is full of friction brings instant clarity.
Skill‑training Games Market Is Crowded, More than You Think
I wanted to tell someone about @trywilco, but I forgot the name. So I searched for “Israeli company building skills training as games”. I got 8 different companies in just the first few results. Man, I had no idea how many companies...
Even with AI, Podcasts Retain Unique Value
Pretty amazing. In a world that I can ask AI to tell me about anything and do any research, podcasts still hold so much value.
Postgres Powers Full AI Agents without Extra ETL
Postgres has everything you need to build production AI agents, but most teams are only using a fraction of its capabilities. At @PostgresConf in San Jose on April 22, I'm walking through building an issue triage agent on Postgres, from...
Resource Caps Are Business Strategy, Not Design Flaw
The whole "built with agents in mind" thing is weird. No one owns you infinite resources just because you are using an agent. Deciding to limit how much resources a user can use at a time is smart business, not...
Hire Debuggers, Not Just Perfect Coders
In code interviews, I'd prefer a candidate who has a few bugs and shows his ability to reason about test failures and resolve them, to someone who just writes flawless code. AI can write good code for interview questions. I...
AI and ChatGPT Co‑author My API Code
I used Codex with ChatGPT 5.3 to implement an API. If I want to describe who wrote the code, I should say:
AI Writes Code More Elegant than My Own
Weird feeling where Codex writes more elegant code than I would have. Not because the elegant code is more work, simply because I didn't think of implementing in that specific way. But I appreciate it when I see it. If it was...
Introducing the Gwenchmarks Manifesto: Learn Benchmark Mastery
Folks asked me "what's your plan for gwenchmarks"? At first, it was a joke. But... teaching people how to plan, execute and read benchmarks is a good goal. So I wrote The Gwenchmarks Manifesto as a start. Still a bit...
Automatic Tenant Isolation Built Into Nile by Default
This is a common problem and one of our biggest motivations in building Nile - to isolate tenants automatically and by default.
AI Agents Speed Up Database Benchmarking for Patch Reviews
I discovered a new favorite use of AI Agents. Get ☕️, its a bit long: If you follow the postgres-hackers list, you know this pattern: - Someone submits a patch - Someone else raises performance concerns with the patch The rational thing to do...
