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New blog post, with my personal take on our launch of Amazon Aurora DSQL: brooker.co.za/blog/2024/12...
DSQL Vignette: Aurora DSQL, and A Personal Story - Marc's Blog
brooker.co.za
December 3, 2024 at 5:44 PM
IS THIS EVEN REAL?! Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now supports scaling to zero capacity! @jeremydaly.com check this out!
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now supports scaling to zero capacity (0 ACUs), allowing databases to automatically pause during inactivity and resume when needed,...
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November 20, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
IT'S HERE! Amazon Aurora Distributed SQL (DSQL). It's DynamoDB and Postgres merged into a truly serverless relational database.

This is THE announcement of Re:Invent 2024. Everything else is irrelevant.
Announcing Amazon Aurora DSQL (Preview)
AWS introduces Amazon Aurora DSQL, a serverless, distributed SQL database offering unlimited scalability, high availability, and zero infrastructure management...
buff.ly
December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Speaking of terrible names, the Aurora team apparently wants the D.
December 3, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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May 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
BOOM! Aurora Serverless v2 now scales to zero! 🤯

Finally lives up to its name!
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity
buff.ly
November 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
AWS announced Aurora DSQL. A new distributed highly scalable SQL database.

The Amazon basics version of CockroachDB.
December 4, 2024 at 6:36 AM
People often ask me about the differences in architecture between Amazon Dynamo (the 2007 SOSP paper), DynamoDB (the AWS serverless NoSQL database), and Aurora DSQL (the AWS serverless SQL databases).

I memoized the response on my blog. brooker.co.za/blog/2025/08...
Dynamo, DynamoDB, and Aurora DSQL - Marc's Blog
brooker.co.za
August 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
so day one of Officially Existing seems to be going well
July 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now can scale capacity down to 0 to help you optimize optimize costs during periods of database inactivity 🙌

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/introducing-scaling-to-0-capacity-with-amazon-aurora-serverless-v2/

#AWS #Database #SQL #Serverless
Introducing scaling to 0 capacity with Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 | Amazon Web Services
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now supports scaling capacity down to 0 ACUs, enabling you to optimize costs during periods of database inactivity. Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto scaling…
aws.amazon.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:35 PM
It's finally here! Amazon Aurora DSQL might just be the future of distributed SQL databases. #serverless 🙌🚀
December 3, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Super excited to have Amazon Aurora DSQL out in the world. Its our new serverless, Postgres-compatible, multi-region active-active, horizontally-scalable SQL database. Read more about it here: aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/d...
December 3, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Looking at some of those star projector lamps on Amazon and
December 29, 2024 at 11:09 PM
AWS announces Aurora DSQL, a new distributed SQL database that promises virtually unlimited scalability
AWS announces Aurora DSQL, a new distributed SQL database that promises virtually unlimited scalability
At its re:Invent conference, Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit today announced Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed SQL database that promises high availability (99.999% for multi-region availability), strong consistency, PostgreSQL…
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December 3, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Aurora Serverless v2 now scales down to zero when not in use!

And if you need it… It automatically comes back in 15 seconds. Great solution to keep costs down on many, many use cases,

aws.amazon.com/blogs/databa...
Introducing scaling to 0 capacity with Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 | Amazon Web Services
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 now supports scaling capacity down to 0 ACUs, enabling you to optimize costs during periods of database inactivity. Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto scaling configur...
aws.amazon.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Is it "2025" a year of Serverless Databases?

Amazon Aurora DSQL and is PostgreSQL-compatible virtually unlimited horizontal scaling (reads, writes, storage, and compute) #AWSReInvent.

docs.aws.amazon.com/aurora-dsql/...
Getting started with Aurora DSQL - Amazon Aurora DSQLGetting started with Aurora DSQL - Amazon Aurora DSQL
Use the following steps to get started with Aurora DSQL.
docs.aws.amazon.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:12 PM
aws.amazon.com/blogs/databa...

don't feel as bad about getting bumped by all those database-as-a-service companies now, lol
Introducing Amazon Aurora DSQL | Amazon Web Services
Today, we introduce Amazon Aurora DSQL, the fastest serverless distributed SQL database for always available applications. It offers virtually unlimited scale, highest availability, and zero infrastru...
aws.amazon.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I just received The Original Lava® Lamp - 14.5" Aurora Borealis – Classic Liquid Motion Lamp - Purple Wax and Blue Liquid - Item #2047 (Amazon Exclusive) - Retro from Anonymous via Throne. THANK YOU AHHHHHHH
February 2, 2026 at 4:57 AM
September 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM
docs.aws.amazon.com/aurora-dsql/...

then again that's quite a list of shortcomings but i guess the good news is that we can finally put dynamodb to rest
Unsupported PostgreSQL features in Aurora DSQL - Amazon Aurora DSQLUnsupported PostgreSQL features in Aurora DSQL - Amazon Aurora DSQL
See the following to learn more about which PostgreSQL features are unsupported in Aurora DSQL
docs.aws.amazon.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Aurora Protocol: An Illustrated Guide by Jennifer M. Bloom.

Available in Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover formats on Amazon. Paperback and Hardcover also available at Barnes & Noble.

Cover and Illustrations Designed by Thomas Landon.

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September 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The Aurora Protocol Series by Jennifer M. Bloom.

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, and bookstore websites around the world. Please follow me and visit my website, https://www.jenniferbloombooks.subscribepage.io.

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September 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM