Best Jesse Dodd Podcasts (2025)

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PlanetScale Postgres with CEO Sam Lambert 1:06:39

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Sam Lambert, my former boss at PlanetScale, talks to me about PlanetScale moving from a MySQL company to now also having a Postgres offering. Sam shares why PlanetScale decided to move to Postgres, how MySQL and Postgres are different at a technical level, and how the change has impacted the company culture. Stay to the end for a special surprise! …

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The database for all your AI needs 1:00:07

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Marcel Kornacker, the creator of Apache Impala and co-creator of Apache Parquet, joins me to talk about his latest project: Pixeltable, a multimodal AI database that combines structured and unstructured data with rich, Python-native workflows. From ingestion to vector search, transcription to snapshots, Pixeltable eliminates painful data plumbing f…

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Sharding Postgres without extensions with PgDog founder, Lev Kokotov 48:53

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I chat with Lev Kokotov to talk about building PgDog, an open-source sharding solution for Postgres that sits outside the database. Lev shares the journey from creating PgCat to launching PgDog through YC, the technical challenges of sharding, and why he believes scaling Postgres shouldn’t require extensions or rewrites. Follow Lev: Twitter: https:…

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Rewriting SQLite from scratch (yes, really) 1:17:33

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Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out my course on SQLite: https://highperformancesqlite.com/?ref=yt In this episode of Database School, I chat with Glauber Costa, CEO of Turso, about their audacious decision to rewrite SQLite from the ground up. We cover the technical motivations, open contribution philosophy, and how deterministic simulation…

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Vitess for Postgres, with the co-founder of PlanetScale 1:07:29

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Sugu Sougoumarane, co-creator of Vitess and co-founder of PlanetScale, joins me to talk about his time scaling YouTube’s database infrastructure, building Vitess, and his latest project bringing sharding to Postgres with Multigres. This was a fun conversation with technical deep-dives, lessons from building distributed systems, and why he’s joining…

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PlanetScale Metal 50:08

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In this episode, I chat with Richard Crowley from PlanetScale about their new offering: PlanetScale Metal. We dive deep into the performance and reliability trade-offs of EBS vs. locally attached NVMe storage, and how Metal delivers game-changing speed for MySQL workloads. Links: Database School: https://databaseschool.com PlanetScale: https://plan…

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From Prisma Founder to LiveStore: Building local-first apps with Johannes Schickling 1:31:40

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Johannes Schickling, original founder of Prisma, joins me to talk about LiveStore, his ambitious local-first data layer designed to rethink how we build apps from the data layer up. We dive deep into event sourcing, syncing with SQLite, and why this approach might power the next generation of reactive apps. 🔗 Links Mentioned Want to learn more abou…

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How Durable Objects and D1 Work: A Deep Dive with Cloudflare’s Josh Howard 1:14:40

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Josh Howard, Senior Engineering Manager at Cloudflare, joins me to explain how Durable Objects and D1 work under the hood—and why Cloudflare’s approach to stateful serverless infrastructure is so unique. We get into V8 isolates, replication models, routing strategies, and even upcoming support for containers. Want to learn more about SQLite? Check …

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20 years of hacking Postgres with Heikki Linnakangas (cofounder of Neon) 2:00:11

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In this episode of Database School, I talk with Heikki Linnakangas, co-founder of Neon and longtime PostgreSQL hacker, to talk about 20+ years in the Postgres community, the architecture behind Neon, and the future of multi-threaded Postgres. From paternity leave patches to branching production databases, we cover a lot of ground in this deep-dive …

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Building a serverless database replica with Carl Sverre 1:28:59

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Want to learn more SQLite? Check out my SQLite course: https://highperformancesqlite.com In this episode, Carl Sverre and I discuss why syncing everything is a bad idea and how his new project, Graft, makes edge-native, partially replicated databases possible. We dig into SQLite, object storage, transactional guarantees, and why Graft might be the …

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Postgres on bare metal with the CEO of Prisma 1:24:03

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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 abo…

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Moving from Redis to SQLite with Mike Buckbee 1:09:14

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Want to learn more SQLite? Check out my SQLite course: https://highperformancesqlite.com In this episode, I sit down with Mike Buckbee to dive into the nitty-gritty of web application firewalls and his journey from using Redis to SQLite in Wafris. We talk about database architecture, operational challenges, and the fascinating ways SQLite improves …

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Bootstrapping an email service provider (with Jesse Hanley) 1:21:59

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Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com. In this interview, I talk with Jesse Hanley, founder of Bento, about running a lean email service from Japan. We chat about the challenges of scaling infrastructure, managing databases, and maintaining a calm business while serving a global customer base. Link…

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Creating a Postgres platform with Monica & Tudor from Xata.io 1:01:21

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Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com. Production ready Postgres for teams that ship fast: https://xata.io In this interview, I talk with Monica Sarbu and Tudor Golubenco from Xata about their journey from Elastic to founding Xata. We deep dive on building a Postgres hosting platform, handling sche…

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Heroku's glory days & Postgres vs the world, w/ Craig Kerstiens 1:02:46

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Want to learn more Postgres? Check out my Postgres course: https://masteringpostgres.com. In this interview, I dive deep with Craig Kerstiens from Crunchy Data into the world of Postgres, covering its rise to prominence, scaling at Heroku, and the power of Postgres extensions. Craig also shares insights on database sharding, the future of Postgres,…

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Ruby on Rails + SQLite with Stephen Margheim 1:43:09

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Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af. In this interview, I talk to Stephen Margheim about his work with SQLite and Ruby on Rails. Links: Database school on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI72dgeNJtzqElnNB6sQoAn2R-F3Vqm…

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Migrating from Postgres to SQLite with Kent C. Dodds 51:30

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Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com. Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af. In this interview, I talk to Kent C. Dodds about SQLite, LiteFS and the React ecosystem. Kent: https://twitter.com/kentcdodds EpicWeb: https://www.epicweb.dev The Epic Stack: https://www.epicweb.d…

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Production SQLite with Turso and libSQL 1:40:47

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Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af. In this interview I talk to Glauber Costa, CEO of Turso.By Try Hard Studios

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Offline-first, multiplayer SQLite 1:26:36

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Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com. Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af. In this interview I talk to Carl Sverre about his new project: SQLSync. It's an offline-first, collaborative wrapper around SQLite. We cover event sourcing, conflict resolution, VFSes, and more! C…

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Distributed SQLite with Litestream and LiteFS 57:42

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Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com. Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af. Ben and Aaron discuss replication and backups in SQLite, Litestream and LiteFS, and future mad scientist projects Ben is working on. • Ben Johnson on Twitter: https://x.com/benbjohnson • Litestrea…

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DHH discusses SQLite (and Stoicism) 53:40

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Want to learn more about SQLite? Check out the full course: https://highperformancesqlite.com. Get production ready SQLite with Turso: https://tur.so/af. DHH and Aaron discuss modern SQLite, the one-person framework, conceptual compression, stoicism, and ONCE.com's newest product: Workbook.By Try Hard Studios

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Jazz 2:59

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This episode of The Package Deal gives a look into Aiden and Jesse's time at the Eau Claire Jazz Festival, and the South Dakota High School 2022 All-State Jazz Band

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PlanetScale Postgres with CEO Sam Lambert 1:06:39

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The database for all your AI needs 1:00:07

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Sharding Postgres without extensions with PgDog founder, Lev Kokotov 48:53

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Rewriting SQLite from scratch (yes, really) 1:17:33

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Vitess for Postgres, with the co-founder of PlanetScale 1:07:29

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PlanetScale Metal 50:08

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From Prisma Founder to LiveStore: Building local-first apps with Johannes Schickling 1:31:40

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How Durable Objects and D1 Work: A Deep Dive with Cloudflare’s Josh Howard 1:14:40

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20 years of hacking Postgres with Heikki Linnakangas (cofounder of Neon) 2:00:11

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Building a serverless database replica with Carl Sverre 1:28:59

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Postgres on bare metal with the CEO of Prisma 1:24:03

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Moving from Redis to SQLite with Mike Buckbee 1:09:14

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Bootstrapping an email service provider (with Jesse Hanley) 1:21:59

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Creating a Postgres platform with Monica & Tudor from Xata.io 1:01:21

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Heroku's glory days & Postgres vs the world, w/ Craig Kerstiens 1:02:46

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Ruby on Rails + SQLite with Stephen Margheim 1:43:09

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Migrating from Postgres to SQLite with Kent C. Dodds 51:30

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Production SQLite with Turso and libSQL 1:40:47

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Offline-first, multiplayer SQLite 1:26:36

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Distributed SQLite with Litestream and LiteFS 57:42

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DHH discusses SQLite (and Stoicism) 53:40

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Jazz 2:59