The curious case of Google's AlloyDB

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&#x27;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&#x27;t really sure what it delivers.…