$5 PlanetScale is live

Re:$5 PlanetScale is live by xeornet on Sunday November 16, 2025 @06:07AM (#45944179)

Have we forgotten they promised free forever then flipped? I’ll pass on this, thanks.

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Re:$5 PlanetScale is live by deaux on Sunday November 16, 2025 @07:24AM (#45944590)

But but the CEO was completely unaware of this until someone pointed it out to him recently! And they never could've predicted the free tier would be "unsustainable" after spending huge on "indie hacker influencer" marketing squarely aimed at exactly the type of dev to use only a free tier! These are some very hard calculations and unforeseen circumstances, please understand.

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Re:$5 PlanetScale is live by didgeoridoo on Sunday November 16, 2025 @07:47AM (#45944713)

laughs bitterly in Heroku

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Re:$5 PlanetScale is live by crossroadsguy on Sunday November 16, 2025 @09:10AM (#45945269)

I think this one’s from the CEO or an employee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45767872

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Re:$5 PlanetScale is live by sunaookami on Sunday November 16, 2025 @09:29AM (#45945387)

Wow what a rude behaviour. And yes he is the CEO according to his HN profile.

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Re:$5 PlanetScale is live by ksec on Sunday November 16, 2025 @12:19PM (#45946697)

Thanks to 20 years of Google, we now have people believing something could really be free forever.

I guess it is also worth changing marketing tactics for new demographics.

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