
Prisma Pulse Has a Free API You Should Know About
Prisma Pulse is a real-time database change stream API that lets you react to database changes instantly. No polling, no webhooks, no complex CDC setup — just subscribe to changes and get notified. Why Prisma Pulse Changes Everything A developer building a collaborative document editor was polling their database every 500ms to check for changes. Their server was handling 120 requests/second just for polling. With Prisma Pulse, they replaced all of that with a single subscription. Key Features: Real-time Change Streams — Subscribe to INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE events Type-safe — Full TypeScript support with Prisma's type system Filtered Subscriptions — Only receive changes matching your criteria Resumable Streams — Pick up where you left off after disconnection Works with Any Database — PostgreSQL support with more coming Quick Start npm install @prisma/extension-pulse import { PrismaClient } from " @prisma/client " import { withPulse } from " @prisma/extension-pulse " const prisma = new Pr
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