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Date Published
Author
Stephen Siegert
Word count
2858
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The article details the process of building and deploying a global serverless Nuxt SSR application using Cloudflare Hyperdrive and Neon Postgres. The project involves deploying a Nuxt fullstack application on Cloudflare Pages, utilizing server routes to access a Neon Serverless Postgres database optimized by Cloudflare Hyperdrive for global data access. Hyperdrive accelerates query processing by managing a globally distributed pool of database connections, while Neon offers automatic scaling of compute resources based on demand. The application uses the Drizzle ORM Postgres HTTP Proxy to connect through a Cloudflare Worker configured with Hyperdrive, allowing flexible integration of dependencies. The guide provides step-by-step instructions on setting up the Nuxt app, configuring Hyperdrive and the Drizzle ORM, and deploying the app, highlighting the benefits of reduced latency and enhanced global responsiveness. The integration of technologies like Nuxt, Drizzle, and Hono simplifies development, and the article encourages users to explore Serverless Postgres with Cloudflare infrastructure.