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Turso targets Postgres after rewriting SQLite in Rust
Turso, a cloud database startup, plans to apply its Rust-based optimization approach to Postgres after successfully rewriting SQLite. The company aims to run multiple SQL frontends on a single virtual machine core. This move could significantly reduce infrastructure costs for database-heavy applications.
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Turso's ambition is notable, but rewriting a mature database like Postgres in Rust is a massive undertaking that may take years to match feature parity.
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After rewriting SQLite in Rust, Turso turns its sights on Postgres →
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