Understand the value of ephemeral environments, and how you can use Neon and ephemeral environments to simplify serverless development

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Ephemeral environments allow for the creation of temporary, isolated system copies that don't affect shared environments, with benefits such as cost efficiency and safe feature testing. Neon, a serverless database platform for PostgreSQL, provides fast scaling and cold starts, integrated PgBouncer for connection handling, and a data API for executing queries, making it ideal for ephemeral environments. This guide explains how to use Neon with ephemeral environments, automate branch management, and incorporate these processes into a CI/CD pipeline for efficient serverless development workflows.

How to use Neon and ephemeral environments to simplify serverless development