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Why I Stopped Reaching for Redis on Solo Projects
Six Redis use cases replaced with SQLite, Postgres, and Edge KV Rate limiting fits in one SQLite table with 40 lines Postgres LISTEN handles pubsub without a second service One place Redis still wins: high-throughput shared queues I ran Redis...
Read articleThe DuckDB Pattern When SQLite Is Not Enough but Postgres Is Overkill
DuckDB scans 10M rows in under a second on a laptop SQLite for transactions, DuckDB for analytics, no server needed Query CSV and Parquet files...
SQLite is Enough: 5 RAXXO Services I Moved Off Postgres
Moved 5 RAXXO services off Postgres + Neon to SQLite + better-sqlite3 in WAL mode Local roundtrips dropped from 38ms to 0.4ms on the syndication...
Neon Database Branching Saved Me 200 EUR Every Month
I run 14 Neon database branches per project for the price of one Postgres instance Neon copy-on-write branching clones a 12 GB database in under...
The 5 Postgres Extensions Every Shopify Backend Needs
pg_cron, pgvector, pg_partman, pg_stat_statements, postgres_fdw. The five extensions that turn generic Postgres into a Shopify-aware database.
The 7 Postgres Indexes That Took My API From 400ms to 40ms
I took one of my APIs from 400ms p95 to 40ms p95 by fixing 7 missing or wrong Postgres indexes. Most of my slow queries...
Building a Global Leaderboard with Neon Postgres and Zero Infrastructure Cost
Serverless Postgres for side projects. One npm install, one env var, global leaderboard running for free.
Drizzle ORM with Neon Postgres: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to using Drizzle ORM with Neon serverless Postgres. Schema design, migrations, queries, and deployment patterns for Next.js apps.
Supabase vs Neon: Choosing a Serverless Database in 2026
Supabase vs Neon compared for serverless Postgres in 2026. Features, pricing, DX, and which one works better for solo developers.