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walex
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The Guide to PostgreSQL Data Change Tracking
The WAL CDC approach: https://github.com/cpursley/walex?tab=readme-ov-file#publica...
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Elixir Nitpicks
What do you mean testing with processes?
I won't suggest these are the best written tests, but I test various processes, supervisors, etc like this:
https://github.com/cpursley/walex/blob/master/test/walex/sup...
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PostgreSQL Is Enough
You don’t send the entire WAL, just what you subscribe to - and you can even filter via SQL: https://github.com/cpursley/walex?tab=readme-ov-file#publica...
- A Technical Dive into PostgreSQL's replication mechanisms
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Fly Postgres, Managed by Supabase
What we do is much if the business logic in Postgres. But then there’s all the other stuff like external integrations, etc.
We handled that by having an Even system built on the Postgres WAL that we use like a callback system.
I put together a little library in Elixir (that originally started out as forked Supabase realtime) for this:
https://github.com/cpursley/walex
Recently added the ability to configure WalEx to forward events to webhooks or EventRelay (so you don’t need to know Elixir).
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All the ways to capture changes in Postgres
If you're using Elixir, check out https://github.com/cpursley/walex
I've actually been thinking about turning this idea into a product where you can just point it at your postgres database and select the tables you want to listen to (with filters, like you describe). And have that forwarded to a webhook (with possibility of other protocols).
I'd love to hear folks thoughts on that (and if it would be something people would pay for).
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Show HN: ElectricSQL, Postgres to SQLite active-active sync for local-first apps
Neat, this is the pattern I've been thinking about for a while now. Also glad to see this is Elixir based.
I've been using https://github.com/cpursley/walex (basically a fork of cainophile via a fork for subabase) to listen to Postgres changes in Elixir.
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How to Listen to Database Changes Using Postgres Triggers in Elixir
https://github.com/cpursley/walex
Which is based on WAL logs and doesnt have the same limitations.
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PostgreSQL Logical Replication Gotchas
Great writeup, just added this to the WalEx readme:
https://github.com/cpursley/walex
(WalEx is an Elixir lib for listening to the WAL and perform callback-like actions with the data)
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We used Elixir's Observer to hunt down bottlenecks
Very cool.
I'm using Elixir to listen to change events via https://github.com/cpursley/walex (which I basically ripped off from Supabase).
realtime
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A Technical Dive into PostgreSQL's replication mechanisms
You can LISTEN/NOTIFY. Or you can use logical replication and a custom subscriber.[1] Supabase uses the latter.[2]
[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/logical-replication....
[2]: https://github.com/supabase/realtime
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Supabase Studio: AI Assistant and User Impersonation
Supabase Realtime is great for building collaborative applications. You can receive database changes over websockets, store and synchronize data about user presence, and broadcast any data to clients via "channels".
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Unpacking Elixir: Observability
We use :telemetry to collect usage data per tenant for Supabase Realtime.
We do this for rate limiting but it also makes it very easy for us to attach a listener (https://github.com/supabase/realtime/blob/main/lib/realtime/...) which ships these (per second) aggregates to BigQuery (via Logflare), which then the billing team can aggregate further to display and actually bill people with.
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All the ways to capture changes in Postgres
Yo :D This is what Supabase Realtime does!
https://github.com/supabase/realtime
Spin up a Supabase database and then subscribe to changes with WebSockets.
You can play with it here once you have a db: https://realtime.supabase.com/inspector/new
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Supabase Local Dev: migrations, branching, and observability
Every project is a Postgres database, wrapped in a suite of tools like Auth, Storage, Edge Functions, Realtime and Vectors, and encompassed by API middleware and logs.
- Sync client state globally over WebSockets in Realtime
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Writing a chat application in Django 4.2 using async StreamingHttpResponse
Where can I learn more about this? I've been thinking of trying to integrate Supabase Realtime (https://github.com/supabase/realtime) into my Django app (without the rest of Supabase), but I'd also like to keep things even simpler if possible.
Also, what was the reason not to go with Gevent?
- Supabase Realtime – Broadcast, Presence, and Postgres Changes via WebSockets
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How to Listen to Database Changes Using Postgres Triggers in Elixir
I believe #2 was the main driver for the supabase team to build their real-time component: https://github.com/supabase/realtime
Background/announcement: https://supabase.com/blog/supabase-realtime-multiplayer-gene...
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How To Kill A Fly With A Shotgun
As a minor note, one of the linked articles talks about having used RethinkDB for its changefeeds and I made a mental note a bit back that if I ever want that supabase's realtime ( https://github.com/supabase/realtime ) provides something rather like that atop Postgres and I should try that before doing anything clever.
What are some alternatives?
PolarDB-for-PostgreSQL - A cloud-native database based on PostgreSQL developed by Alibaba Cloud.
supabase - The open source Firebase alternative.
neon - Neon: Serverless Postgres. We separated storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage.
debezium - Change data capture for a variety of databases. Please log issues at https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ.
libcluster - Automatic cluster formation/healing for Elixir applications
blockscout - Blockchain explorer for Ethereum based network and a tool for inspecting and analyzing EVM based blockchains.
worker - High performance Node.js/PostgreSQL job queue (also suitable for getting jobs generated by PostgreSQL triggers/functions out into a different work queue)
Appwrite - Build like a team of hundreds_
helm-charts - neondatabase helm charts
litestream - Streaming replication for SQLite.
supavisor - A cloud-native, multi-tenant Postgres connection pooler.
Hasura - Blazing fast, instant realtime GraphQL APIs on your DB with fine grained access control, also trigger webhooks on database events.