Is Neon Serverless Driver ready for production?
I recognize it’s difficult to set expectations about a product roadmap. I am newly developing on Neon now and need to decide on a driver. I intend to launch in production in April. My next.js app uses Drizzle, is hosted on Vercel, and is not using any edge functions.
Ideally, I could just use Neon Serverless Driver now since it handles both HTTP and websockets, and seems to be positioned by Neon to be the default way to use Neon. I think over time tutorials and docs will more prevalently reference this driver. But the driver is in Beta according to Neon docs.
I could alternatively start with node-postgres and change it later.
What does Neon recommend?
3 Replies
optimistic-goldOP•2y ago
It's okay. My plan is to start with postgres.js and then add on the Neon Serverless driver for new calls once. I'll have both drivers in the same next.js project. Then slowly replace postgres.js as needed.
stormy-gold•2y ago
It's still in Beta, but we have a lot of users. I expect that it won't be too long before the Beta is lifted. No hard date yet, though.
optimistic-goldOP•2y ago
Thanks @Daniel - today, I tried to get the Postgres.js driver to work, but the docs, especially from Drizzle, were overwhelmingly more catered to the Neon serverless driver. I switched to Neon Serverless Driver so I can get started. I hope the Beta will be lifted soon.