neon-postgres

Installation
Summary

Expert patterns for Neon serverless Postgres, branching, connection pooling, and ORM integration.

  • Covers Prisma and Drizzle ORM setup with Neon, including dual connection string configuration (pooled vs. direct) for migrations and application queries
  • Explains PgBouncer connection pooling limits (10K concurrent connections) and reserved superuser connections
  • Provides guidance on choosing between Neon's neon-http driver (single queries) and neon-serverless driver (transactions and WebSocket sessions) for edge and serverless environments
  • Documents known sharp edges and gotchas when working with Neon's serverless architecture
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Neon Postgres

Expert patterns for Neon serverless Postgres, branching, connection pooling, and Prisma/Drizzle integration

Patterns

Prisma with Neon Connection

Configure Prisma for Neon with connection pooling.

Use two connection strings:

  • DATABASE_URL: Pooled connection for Prisma Client
  • DIRECT_URL: Direct connection for Prisma Migrate

The pooled connection uses PgBouncer for up to 10K connections. Direct connection required for migrations (DDL operations).

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