The instant database scratchpad: xata scratch
xata scratch gives you a disposable copy of your Postgres from the terminal. One command forks a branch with your real data, runs your query, and deletes it.
By Divyendu Singh
Introducing the Xata GitHub App
Giving every pull request its own copy-on-write branch of the production Postgres you already run, even at terabyte scale. Ready in about three seconds, gone when the PR closes.
By Claudiu Dascalescu
Branch Logs: PostgreSQL observability, right in the console
Read, filter, and search your PostgreSQL logs for any branch in the Xata console or the CLI. Per-branch, per-instance, no log drain to set up.
By Marcello Novelli
A thousand Postgres branches for $1
See how we reduced branching times from 20+ seconds to around a second and what use-cases these speed improvements enable.
By Tudor Golubenco
How we rebuilt PostgreSQL branch metrics on VictoriaMetrics, per cell
How we rebuilt Xata's PostgreSQL branch metrics on a self-hosted VictoriaMetrics stack in six weeks, with zero user-visible downtime.
By Alexis Rico
A connection pooler for every Postgres branch, scaling to zero instances with it
Every Xata Postgres branch includes a built-in PgBouncer pooler in transaction mode. Tuned for serverless and edge, scales to zero with the branch.
By Noémi Ványi
Inside Xatastor: ZFS + NVMe-oF for millions of Postgres databases
Read the technical details of our new distributed storage system, which is the key to scaling to a huge number of Postgres instances.
By Tudor Golubenco
What if database branching was easy?
We usually think branching means copying the whole database. With copy-on-write, it doesn't. Let's compare workflows like seeding to DB branching.
By Divyendu Singh
Xata is now open source
Xata is an open-source Postgres platform for agent scale. Instantly create isolated databases with copy-on-write branching at low cost.
By Monica Sarbu
Introducing Xata OSS: Postgres platform with branching, now Apache 2.0
Xata core is now available as open source under the Apache 2 license. It adds copy-on-write branching, scale-to-zero compute to Postgres.
By Tudor Golubenco
Introducing the xata CLI container image: Automate your database workflows in Kubernetes
Learn about the new xata container image, designed to integrate the xata CLI into your containerized workflows.
By Noémi Ványi
What is database branching? A complete guide for development teams
How copy-on-write branching works, where the platforms differ, and what it takes to branch an existing RDS or Aurora database in seconds without migrating it first.
By Graham Thompson