The curious case of Google's AlloyDB

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Google launched AlloyDB in 2022. They claimed it is fully compatible with PostgreSQL. Can be up to 100 times faster for analytical queries than vanilla Postgres. Four years later, I haven't personally seen it gain significant traction. But it comes in discussions. When people ask me what AlloyDB actually is, I was able to pin point the features, but wasn't really sure what it delivers.…

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