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Neon vs Supabase in Production: We Benchmarked the Operations That Page You at 3am
Two benchmark sessions against Neon and Supabase Pro measured what spec sheets never show: compute resizes cost 39 seconds of real downtime on one platform and zero on the other, read replicas differ by 23x, and branch creation has a tail you should know about.
Neon vs Supabase Pricing: What the Same App Costs From Launch to Scale
We priced one application through five growth stages on both platforms using verified June 2026 list prices. The result is three distinct cost regimes, two crossover points, and a surprise: at scale the biggest line item is not the database.
Neon vs Supabase Free Tiers: We Benchmarked Both So You Don't Have To
We ran 320 timed operations against the Neon and Supabase free tiers from a same-region client: query latency, project creation, cold starts, and branching. The latency race is a tie, and the real differences are nothing like the marketing.
node-postgres Silently Ignores Your TLS Config When the URL Says sslmode
If your connection string contains sslmode=require, the pg library throws away the ssl options object where you loaded your CA certificate, and verification fails with "self-signed certificate in certificate chain". Here is the trap, the fix, and the v9 changes coming.
How to Handle Persistent Storage for Databases in Docker
Learn how to properly manage database data in Docker containers using volumes, bind mounts, and best practices for data persistence across container restarts and deployments.
Why Running Postgres on Kubernetes Is Still a Bad Idea (And What to Do Instead)
Everyone wants to run databases on Kubernetes, but should you? We explore the real challenges of stateful workloads and better alternatives.