Postgres as an Execution Environment for AI: Failure Modes, Hooks, and the ORBIT Framework

Postgres is no longer just storing AI state. It is increasingly becoming part of the execution environment for enterprise AI systems. This post, based on my PGConf Dev talk, introduces the ORBIT framework: Outbox First, Rate State is Shared, Background is the Unit of Execution, Idempotency from Day One, and Trace Everything. It explains why AI workloads create new failure modes inside Postgres,…