# Move Fast and "Branch" Things

DevFeed: [Move Fast and "Branch" Things](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/move-fast-and-branch-things-5584.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/move-fast-and-branch-things>)

Author: Stephen Siegert

Published: 2024-04-15T16:38:10Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [infrastructure as code (IAC)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-code-iac.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [autoscaling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/autoscaling.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>), [Amazon RDS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-rds.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>)

Tags: [amazon-rds](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-rds.md>), [autoscaling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autoscaling.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [iam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iam.md>), [infrastructure-as-code-iac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code-iac.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

Neon presents scalable Postgres with database branching, autoscaling, and serverless scale to zero as a way to reduce infrastructure complexity from development through production. The article contrasts this approach with traditional AWS RDS and Google Cloud SQL setups that require extensive infrastructure-as-code, networking, access management, high availability, scaling, backup, and cost planning.

## Source excerpt

Neon simplifies the use of scalable Postgres, changing how you handle your database infrastructure from development through production. This is a fundamental shift in how to leverage your Postgres infrastructure. Instead of spending time on Infrastructure as code (IaC) and cloud-...