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The Notifier Pattern for Applications That Use Postgres

Brandur Leach · 6 May 2024

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  1. Listen/notify in Postgres is an incredible feature that makes itself useful in all kinds of situations.
  2. Despite optimizations over the years, connections in Postgres are still somewhat of a precious, limited resource, and should be conserved.

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