alt.hn

4/1/2026 at 4:33:27 PM

Google Cloud: Investing in the Future of PostgreSQL

 https://opensource.googleblog.com/2026/03/google-cloud-investing-in-the-future-of-postgresql.html

by kevincox

4/1/2026 at 11:19:06 PM

Yet I don’t see Google listed as a sponsor for this year’s pgconf.dev [1], which is the main developer-focused conference in the Postgres community. All the other major players you’d expect to see listed are there. And they aren’t listed as a provider of servers for internal Postgres usage [2]. Perhaps they’re supporting the community in other ways I’m not aware of, but these seems to be some conspicuous areas where other companies are involved and Google isn’t.

[1] https://2026.pgconf.dev/sponsor

[2] https://www.postgresql.org/about/servers/

by jbonatakis

4/2/2026 at 3:13:33 AM

Just like that, PostgreSQL will be joing the exotic club: pfSense, Ubiquiti, Red Hat and Canonical.

US Tech companies do nothing without long term goals, watch PostgreSQL being acquired by Google.

Remember, these things happen within closed door, we will never know until it is already too late. Google closed Android source close, expecting nothing good from this "investiment"

by h4kunamata

4/2/2026 at 10:58:37 AM

> [...] watch PostgreSQL being acquired by Google.

That's super unlikely, as PostgreSQL is not owned by a single company like MySQL was.

PostgreSQLs' leadership group ("Core Team") is specifically designed to avoid over-representation by any single employer.

ie over the years they've on occasion had to change the Core Team's membership specifically to avoid a single employer being able to control quorom of the group

by justinclift

4/2/2026 at 12:24:56 AM

Are there similar efforts for PgVector, the PostgreSQL extension.

by aurohacker

4/1/2026 at 11:10:47 PM

there now seems to be a split - with western companies tryna go all in on PostgreSQL while Eastern (Chinese) companies innovate on MysQL protocol.

MySQL for all its warts seems easier to run operationally and has a better scaling story(Vitess) than PostgreSQL. even though I use PostgreSQL.

by dzonga

4/2/2026 at 3:22:43 AM

PostgreSQL and MariaDB are fully open-source, and non-US companies have had enough of US tech companies.

Assuming what you are seeing is true, I doubt it, MySQL is owned by Oracle so unless Chinese companies living in a cave, I doubt it again, and missed what Oracle has done recently, if you have a business and it is investing into MySQL, your business is set for failure in the near future!

by h4kunamata

4/2/2026 at 4:37:14 AM

Vitess was made by a... US tech company?

by tonyhb

4/2/2026 at 3:11:08 AM

define better scaling

by vivzkestrel