{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Database School","title":"Postgres on bare metal with the CEO of Prisma","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cc2a901d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5043,"description":"Prisma started as a GraphQL backend and pivoted into one of the most widely used ORMs in the world. Now, they’ve launched Prisma Postgres, and CEO Søren Bramer Schmidt is here to break down the journey, the challenges, and the massive technical innovations behind it—including bare-metal servers, Firecracker microVMs, and unikernels. If you care about databases, performance, or scaling, this one’s for you.\nWant to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com.\nFollow Søren:\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/sorenbs\nGitHub: https://github.com/prisma/prisma\nPrisma Postgres: https://www.prisma.io/postgres\nFollow Aaron:\nTwitter:  https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis \nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondfrancis\nWebsite: https://aaronfrancis.com - find articles, podcasts, courses, and more.\nDatabase school on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI72dgeNJtzqElnNB6sQoAn2R-F3Vqm15\nDatabase school audio only: https://databaseschool.transistor.fm \nChapters:\n00:00 - Introduction\n01:15 - The Origins of Prisma: From GraphQL to ORM\n02:55 - Why Firebase & Parse Inspired Prisma\n04:04 - The Pivot: From GraphQL to Prisma ORM\n06:00 - Why They Abandoned Backend-as-a-Service\n08:07 - The Open Source Business Model Debate\n10:15 - The Challenges of Monetizing an ORM\n12:42 - Building Prisma Accelerate & Pulse\n14:55 - How Prisma Accelerate Optimizes Database Access\n17:00 - Real-Time Database Updates with Prisma Pulse\n20:03 - How Prisma Pulse Handles Change Data Capture (CDC)\n23:15 - Users Wanted a Hosted Database (Even When Prisma Didn’t)\n25:40 - Why Prisma Finally Launched Prisma Postgres\n27:32 - Unikernels, Firecracker MicroVMs & Running Millions of Databases\n31:10 - Bare Metal Servers vs. AWS: The Controversial Choice\n34:40 - How Prisma Routes Queries for Low Latency\n38:02 - Scaling, Cost Efficiency & Performance Benefits\n42:10 - The Prisma Postgres Roadmap & Future Features\n45:30 - Why Prisma is Competing with AWS & The Big Cloud Players...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QPpKhRBWtM56k1sC7Y7j7aqGy8sd-XKWw6mEKgA1jmw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMmRl/ZTM5ZTAxOTMzNTgy/MmJmZTA4MWE1ZjMw/YjE4Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}