Convex Has a Free API That Makes Real-Time Apps Trivially Easy

Convex is a reactive backend-as-a-service that eliminates the gap between your database and your UI. Write queries and mutations in TypeScript — they run on the server but feel like local function calls. Reactive Queries: Auto-Updating UI // convex/products.ts (server) import { query } from " ./_generated/server " ; import { v } from " convex/values " ; export const list = query ({ args : { category : v . string () }, handler : async ( ctx , { category }) => { return await ctx . db . query ( " products " ) . withIndex ( " by_category " , ( q ) => q . eq ( " category " , category )) . order ( " desc " ) . take ( 50 ); }, }); // React component — auto-updates when data changes! import { useQuery } from " convex/react " ; import { api } from " ../convex/_generated/api " ; function ProductList () { const products = useQuery ( api . products . list , { category : " electronics " }); // products automatically updates when ANY user adds/edits/deletes a product return products ?. map ( p => <