Introduction Is it possible to safely reduce the number of SCRAM password hashing iterations from 4096 to just one? An engineer recently raised this question about our password generation to optimise CPU usage. Why? In Neon, every database is secured via a password. Verifying the password takes a ce...

How to use PubNub's Channel Monitor and Access Manager to create a secure and moderated chat application

How to use PubNub's Channel Monitor and Access Manager to create a secure and moderated chat application

I worked at Stripe for about seven years, from 2012 to 2019. Over that time, I used and contributed to many generations of Stripe’s developer environment – the tools that engineers used daily to write and test code. I think Stripe did a pretty good job designing and building that developer experienc...

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Introducing Instant Bank Pay: quick, card-free payments for sports clubs!

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“As soon as we found out about Neon’s branching model with copy-on-write, we knew it was exactly what we were looking for” Julien Goux, Software Engineer at Snaplet Snaplet uses Neon to power its Snapshot feature. Neon’s partnership plans make it possible to manage thousands of databases without cos...

We know that successful and safe payments are at the heart of any business

We know that successful and safe payments are at the heart of any business

Steven Clontz informed me of an effort he’s involved in called code4math. It’s described as a professional organization for the advancement of mathematical research through building non-research software infrastructure. By that he means, for example, writing software packages like Macaulay2 or datab...

初めてのキャンプ旅行に出かけるのは、ワクワクすると同時に少し不安も感じるものです。しっかりと準備することで、成功と楽しさを両立させることができます。ここでは、初心者向けの実用的なヒントとCamping Styleの専門家からのアドバイスをお届けします。これで初めてのキャンプが素晴らしい思い出になるでしょう。 1. 適切なキャンプ場を選ぶ 適切なキャンプ場�...

Can we emulate the upcoming CSS contrast-color() function via CSS features that have already widely shipped? And if so, what are the tradeoffs involved and how to best balance them? Relative Colors Out of all the CSS features I have designed, Relative Colors aka Relative Color Syntax (RCS) is defini...

Here's how to encode and decode base64 in Node.js.Encode and decode functionsThis is reliable in Node.js. I've read that you can use atob and btoa now, because they're native in later versions of node. But in my experience, I didn't get them working correctly.function encode(data) { return Buffer.fr...

Here's how to redirect in middleware in Next.js 14.Redirect exampleHere's a simple example of src/middleware.ts that does a redirect:import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server' export default function middleware(req: NextRequest) { return requireLogin() ?? NextResponse.next() } function ...

We're often called Software Engineers. But sometimes creating software feels more like artistry than engineering.Forming the MalleableWhen Michaelangelo created his David statue, he revealed the image of David in the stone. From a block of nothing, he chiseled away until he was satisfied that he had...

After spending a bit of time with Neon’s SQL Editor making \d and friends work, there were a couple of other things I wanted to bring to it, both related to the query results. The first was a simple expand-to-window control for the results pane, to get a better and less cramped look at query result ...

Learn how to improve the monetization and balancing for your game in real time with Illuminate

Learn how to improve the monetization and balancing for your game in real time with Illuminate

If you are setting up a new table in Postgres, the first line is probably going to look like this: You’re going to have an id of type INTEGER, and you’re setting it as the PRIMARY KEY. If this is you, congrats, you can stop reading right here. However, if this is you: Then, read […]

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