I have spent the last couple of years watching the database landscape move through waves of excitement and disappointment. Vectors, graph, multimodal and NoSQL systems all took turns in the spotlight. Each wave promised simpler development and new possibilities. Some delivered. Some did not. Most made sense in their moment.
Then AI arrived. AI did not simply stretch existing systems. It broke the assumptions that shaped the last generation of managed database services. It exposed hidden trade-offs that were easy to ignore when workloads were…

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