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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.
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
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Rate Limiting Without Redis: 3 Patterns I Use in Serverless
Durable counters give exact limits but cost per request Edge config token buckets trade precision for near-zero latency Signed-window limits need no storage at all At small scale, signed windows handle most abuse cases free Rate limiting in serverless broke...
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- Durable counters give exact limits but cost per request
- Edge config token buckets trade precision for near-zero latency
- Signed-window limits need no storage at all
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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…