Turso x Convex: Database Founder Friend Time

Can you put three database founders in a room together without it turning into chaos? Can AI agents actually build a production-ready database? Find out in this episode of Databased, where Convex founders Jamie Turner and James Cowling sit down with Glauber Costa, founder of Turso, to talk databases, AI coding, SQLite, Rust, distributed systems, and what still requires real engineering judgment. Timestamps 00:00 From Linux Kernel Engineering to Databases 09:53 Can AI Agents Build a Production Database? 15:42 AI Coding as Code Review and Collaboration 24:30 Why AI-Generated Code Can Degrade Over Time 33:27 Why Turso Chose SQLite 41:18 Deterministic Simulation Testing Explained 50:26 Reliability, Consistency, and the Bottom of the Stack 01:01:29 Developers Know Less About Databases—and That’s Okay Resources Convex https://convex.dev Turso https://turso.tech/