Supabase says it hired Postgres maintainer Steve Chavez after its Y Combinator partner urged the founders to hire him immediately.

“who is the Postgres maintainer. And the funny thing is, we were in the YC batch, and the advice they give you in YC is like, "Okay, we're gonna give you a bunch of money. Don't hire anyone."”

“It is the big temptation is to hire a big team. And we went to our partner, and we said, "Oh, but we've got this guy Steve, he's the lead maintainer of Postgres," and he was like, "Hire him immediately."”

“[laughs] You know, then he was like, "Forget the advice. Go and get him." W- of his reputation or because it made sense for Supabase? Well, yeah, both.”