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Xata looks neat! A few queries, if I may: Is it NoSQL / NewSQL? Distributed by default? Global? serverless apps run at the edge. The database (or its read-co

Xata looks neat! A few queries, if I may: Is it NoSQL / NewSQL? Distributed by default? Global? serverless apps run at the edge. The database (or its read-copies at least) then could not oceans away? see: macrometa.com / workers.dev kv Based on any open source backend like Postgres or OpenSearch? see: rocketset.com / quickwit.io / timescale.com Will it have a free-tier? Any tentative launch dates? Thanks.

tudorg 5y ago
Thanks for the questions. > Is it NoSQL / NewSQL? > Based on any open source backend like Postgres or OpenSearch? Yes, we are basing our implementation on Postgres + Elasticsearch. However, we don't plan to offer direct access to the Postgres/ES APIs, so we see them as an implementation detail (an important one, of course). We will have our own API which will allow us to develop features like no-downtime migrations, branching, and caching. > Will it have a free-tier? Yes, absolutely! And we plan to make it in such a way that it will be production ready and all you need for a personal project or simple website.
- sandGorgon 5y ago
  >We will have our own API which will allow us to develop features like no-downtime migrations, branching, and caching. Please please use an industry standard layer like Graphql. Otherwise it becomes very very hard to push for adoption here.
  - samhw 5y ago
    Just to elaborate on the downvotes: it's really not 'industry standard' to connect to your database over GraphQL. I'm not saying nobody is doing it, or that it doesn't work well (for all I know, it might), but it's certainly not an 'industry standard'.
  - ignoramous 5y ago
    You may want to look up https://prisma.io/ https://prisma.io/ may for your use-case.