December 2022 Summaries

Fly.io has partnered with Upstash to launch a simple, global, low-latency Redis service. The integration enables users to deploy their applications and databases close to their users within minutes. This managed Redis service offers features like global read replicas, write forwarding for read-your-write consistency, and a generous free tier. Fly.io ensures that the VMs running apps are on the same hardware as the databases, minimizing latency. The integration also provides enhanced security by keeping Redis off the internet and allowing Upstash full control over their service without compromising customer app security.

In this update, various tutorials and guides are discussed for building real-time applications using Replicache and Fly, as well as LiveWire how-to's for streaming content to a browser and offloading data baggage. Additionally, Supercronic on Fly is introduced as a solution for running tasks periodically with more precise control over cron jobs. Lastly, the development of Fly Postgres is detailed, despite the company's initial preference for using off-platform database services.