Company
Date Published
Author
Mahmoud Abdelwahab
Word count
1072
Language
English
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None

Summary

Neon has implemented several improvements to enhance the developer experience for Prisma users, focusing on reducing cold start times and providing better support for Prisma Migrate and connection pooling. By automatically scaling compute resources, Neon minimizes resource overprovisioning costs, but this scaling can lead to cold starts, which have been addressed by adjusting connection timeout settings. Additionally, Neon's integration with PgBouncer allows for efficient connection pooling, supporting up to 10,000 concurrent connections. To facilitate seamless development and production workflows, both pooled and direct database connections can now be used simultaneously, catering to the specific needs of Prisma Migrate and Prisma Client. Moreover, new features allow for automatic management of shadow databases, eliminating the need for manual creation and improving the initial setup process for developers using Prisma with Neon. These updates are part of Neon's ongoing efforts to optimize the cloud-based Postgres experience and invite user feedback for further enhancements.