Bringing Vitess to Postgres (Interview)

将Vitess引入PostgreSQL(访谈)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

2025-07-24

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Sugu Sougoumarane, creator of Vitess, comes off sabbatical to bring Vitess to Postgres. We discuss what motivated Sugu to come off sabbatical, why now is the time, the technical challenges of doing so, the implementation details of Multigres (Vitess for Postgres). We also discuss the state of Postgres at scale.
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  • What's up, friends?

  • Welcome back.

  • This is your favorite podcast, The Changelog.

  • Yes, we feature the hackers, the leaders, and those building Vitesse for Postgres.

  • Multigress.

  • Today, we're joined by Sugu Sugumaran, the creator of Vitesse.

  • And you know where Postgres for life is around here.

  • We talked to Sugu about his sabbatical he took, what Vitesse is,

  • taking it from side project at YouTube to full on company.

  • Now at Superbase, bringing Vitesse to Postgres with Multigress.

  • We cover what's required to take the test to the Postgres world,

  • building the team to do it, implementing Multigress, Multigress at Superbase, and so much more.

  • A massive thank you to our friends and our partners at Fly.io.

  • That is the home of changeall.com.

  • Learn more at Fly.io.

  • Okay, let's Multigress.

  • Well friends, it's all about faster builds.

  • Teams with faster builds ship faster and win over the competition.

  • It's just science.

  • And I'm here with Kyle Galbraith, co-founder and CEO of Depot.