YugabyteDB has introduced YSQL, its PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL API, as part of the 1.1 release. This development aims to simplify operational database infrastructure by bringing together the best aspects of SQL and NoSQL into a single transactional, high-performance database. The new architecture offers several benefits, including scale-out on-demand, resilient self-healing, high performance at massive scale, multi-zone and geographically replicated deployments, cloud-native and Kubernetes-ready capabilities. By building YSQL on top of the YugabyteDB core engine, developers can now leverage PostgreSQL functionality while taking advantage of the scalability and performance advantages offered by distributed SQL. This move is part of YugabyteDB's mission to simplify operational database infrastructure, making it easier for developers to build fast-growing online services that require agility and feature velocity.