# The Invisible Database: Running Postgres at Runtime

DevFeed: [The Invisible Database: Running Postgres at Runtime](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-invisible-database-running-postgres-at-runtime-5819.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/the-invisible-database-running-postgres-at-runtime>)

Author: Carlota Soto

Published: 2025-08-04T15:52:32Z

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>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backends.md>), [Persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/persistence.md>), [developer tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tooling.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apps.md>), [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backends.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [persistence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/persistence.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [state](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how agent-built applications are changing database infrastructure. Instead of long-lived, manually provisioned assets, Postgres databases may be created per application, session, or exploration path, used immediately, branched to preserve application states, and later discarded or idled. It outlines requirements for databases that operate as part of an application runtime, including rapid creation, immediate availability, high-scale provisioning, temporary lifetimes, and branching for previews, comparisons, and rollbacks.

## Source excerpt

More and more software will be created by agents, not just code snippets but full-stack apps with interfaces, backends, persistence, auth. This means a big change in the shape of the devtools and software infrastructure supporting these apps. Many systems are now created at runti...