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Thanks for the kind words.

And yes, Andrew Kane (et al) are the people to thank for pgvector.

We (Tiger Data) developed pgvectorscale and pg_textsearch (and timescaledb, and some others)

I'm just sharing my thoughts as a long-time reader. Again, it's your show. You don't have to defend your actions. Thanks for all that you do.

Thanks Tom, I appreciate the openness. You are seemingly overriding the wishes of the community, but it your community and you have the right to do so. I still think it's a shame, but that's my problem.

There are also 200+ comments on here and a good discussion IMO which is now unfortunately buried.

Feels like a net negative for the HN community.

You buried a popular post because of the public accusation or just your "hunch"?

Why not let your audience decide what it wants to read?

I say this as a long time HN reader, who feels like the community has become grumpier over the years. Which I feel like is a shame. But maybe that's just me.

I don't understand your example: pgvectorscale was built and is maintained by Tiger Data

It is up to RDS. But there should be nothing stopping them. AFAIK they respond to customer interest.

pgvectorscale is 100% open source

please ask your RDS rep to support it

we (tiger data) are also happy to help push that along if we can help

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Yeah, I know what you mean. I used to roll my eyes every time someone said “agentic,” too. But after using Claude Code myself, and seeing how our best engineers build with it, I changed my mind. Agents aren’t hype, they’re genuinely useful, make us more productive, and honestly, fun to work with. I’ve learned to approach this with curiosity rather than skepticism.

Thanks for the kind words about TimescaleDB :-)

We think we're still building great things, and our customers seem to agree.

Usage is at an all-time high, revenue is at an all-time high, and we’re having more fun than ever.

Hopefully we’ll win you back soon.

Appreciate the feedback! Will chat with the team.