[anthonyronning]

> And 250 dollars/month was considered expensive

No, it was not my intention for price to be the main thing people hooked in on with this article. It's the combination of it all. Better reliability, performance, and infrastructure AND it's more affordable.

> warrant a full time dedicated engineer

TBH, it's basically my sole full time job as the CTO.

> half a technical write-up, half an ad for both companies

I've been frustrated by Neon for months now and excited about PlanetScale's new postgres offering. Was pleasantly surprised by it too and wanted to write about it. I do appreciate you writing this and sorry if it comes up too much like an ad for us. Only meant to share our unique experiences and satisfaction with a new thing.

[gr4vityWall]

No problem. I appreciate the technical details of your article. Best of luck to your startup.