Why a 40-Year-Old Database Is Still Winning in the AI Era
There are still some fundamental truths that won't change. LLMs are making it dramatically easier to build software, so yes, we're going to have more applications, more agents, more workloads, and more data. But here's one thing that won't change: developers want to build on trusted foundations. They don't want to stitch together fragile, Rube Goldberg architectures. They want infrastructure they know, they trust, and they can bet their business on, for the next decade. That's why Postgres continues to win, even as AI reshapes the world.
Despite turning 40 years old this year, and having a name only a parent could love, Postgres is still the database developers love most. It's reliable. It's extensible. It's open. And over four decades it has grown into an incredible platform, spanning time-series, geospatial, vector, analytics, and much more, all backed by the largest developer ecosystem in databases.
The irony is that developers...
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