We all have experienced what happens when a production database goes down—it’s not fun. No matter the cause, the result is always the same—high stress, downtime, and a rush to restore everything as quickly as possible. How long would it take to get your Postgres database back online? For most, the answer hours, certainly if […]
Are you ever so deeply in the developer grindset that you forget to eat? Me neither. But like most VC-backed companies, I wanted to solve a problem that does not exist 🙂 (not yet at least!) So, we decided to build an extension able to order us cheesburguers for lunch. The Stack First, a look […]
What is the Neon Developer Creator Program?The Neon Creator Program is just one small way to help support developers who are making incredible content. Members will receive a host of benefits including a free Neon Scale account, early access to new features, and sponsored speaking opportunities. The Neon Creator Program is for any developer creating […]
We just shipped Neon Private Networking, a feature that lets you connect to your Neon database through AWS PrivateLink with zero exposure to the public internet. If your infra is in AWS, this feature makes it much easier to meet your security and compliance requirements while enjoying Neon’s developer experience. Private Networking is available in […]
At Neon, speed and security go hand in hand. As we continue pushing the boundaries of database technology, we’re opening our platform to the world’s top security researchers to put it to the test. Security isn’t just something we do; it’s built into every layer of Neon. From our infrastructure to our API, we’re committed […]
We are thrilled to announce that Nick Turley, Head of Product for ChatGPT at OpenAI, is joining Neon’s Board of Directors. Nick brings deep expertise in product leadership from his roles at OpenAI, Instacart, and Dropbox. “This role represents an opportunity to help shape how a fundamental piece of internet infrastructure evolves in the age […]
“It works on my machine” is now a trope—a horror story to tell young developers (or AI coding models) about what it was like to build without today’s stack. Like all clichés, it was once true. Hodgepodge local installs, no containers, and massive environment drift were challenges for local developers. But like all challenges, these […]
Testing applications with Postgres presents a common challenge: how do you provide each developer and CI pipeline with isolated, consistent databases to test against? Docker Compose has emerged as the standard solution, offering containerized Postgres instances that can be spun up alongside your application with a single command. However, as testing requirements grow more complex, […]
This article was first published in the Clerk blog. Around 30,000 websites and applications are hacked every day*, and the developer is often to blame. The vast majority of breaches occur due to misconfiguration rather than an actual vulnerability. This could be due to exposed database credentials, unprotected API routes, or data operations without the proper […]
The time is now: you can build voice AI apps that converse with humans using just a few API calls. With Vapi, you can create voice AI agents that don’t just understand users but also respond naturally and dynamically, just like a human. Check this recording out, where James schedules a plumber via Sam (the […]
We’re excited to announce Neon Auth, a fully managed authentication solution tightly integrated into the Neon platform. It now takes seconds to provision an auth solution directly from the Neon console; once set up, your user profiles automatically sync to your database. The best part: if you ever decide to move away from Neon, you […]
To Vercel users deploying Neon via the Vercel Marketplace: we have good news. You can now use Neon’s Native Vercel Integration to automatically create a database branch for each Vercel preview deployment. Check out our docs for a step-by-step guide. Why deploy Neon branches in your Vercel project You get isolated databases for every preview […]
Imagine you’re running a multi-terabyte production database in Neon when you accidentally drop a critical table. Ouch. You notice the mistake a few minutes later, during which your high-ingestion workload continues pumping new data into the database. How can you recover that dropped table without losing all the fresh data that’s arrived post-incident? Neon’s superpower: […]
SQLite is genuinely an incredible piece of technology. Instead of having a list of which companies used the database, the SQLite site simply tells you its on every Android phone, every iPhone, in every browser, in every Mac, in every Windows machine. “Billions and billions of copies of SQLite exist in the wild.” Why? Because […]
“Inngest + Neon handle the entire change data capture process for us. Setting it up took a fraction of the time compared to AWS” (Jacob Devore, Co-Founder at Zap) Zap.xyz is a new crypto aggregation platform that processes millions of messages from community channels like Telegram (they’ll expand to X and other platforms soon). By […]
These are wild times. It’s now possible to describe a fancy app in a single text prompt, e.g., “Make an AI recipe generator with ChatGPT that lets me enter a food, generate recipes and save my favorites to a gallery for later” And watch a complete app materialize in seconds: If you’ve been playing with […]
Your production database is tried and tested and likely bulletproof. Merely mentioning migrating to a new provider would likely set off multiple alarms, so don’t, use a Neon Twin instead. In this post, I’ll show you how to create a partial copy of your production database so you and your team can start developing on […]
As soon as GitHub Copilot burst onto the scene, everyone started asking, “How do we teach Copilot about our platform?” Whether you’re building a managed Postgres service (like Neon) or a specialized set of APIs, it’s no longer enough to rely on devs hunting through documentation. They want AI-driven integrations that bring your endpoints and […]
As beautiful as a greenfield database is, it’s useless without data. This is not just for production–tests, development, staging, and demos–all need data for proper functionality. This is where seed files come in. Seed files are scripts that populate your database with initial data: admin roles, initial categories, and basic users. This seems like a […]
If you’ve been keeping up with the Neon story, we introduced database branching in December 2022. Our instant branches—complete copies of production, including data and schema—have enabled thousands of developers to work and test efficiently within the safety of their own isolated environments. Neon allows us to develop much faster than we’ve ever been used […]