PgBeam – A globally distributed PostgreSQL proxy

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PostgreSQL connections from distant regions are expensive. A new connection from Tokyo to a database in us-east-1 costs 400-800ms before the first query runs: TCP handshake, TLS (2 RTTs), PG startup and auth.- PgBouncer pools connections but doesn't cache and runs in a single region.- Hyperdrive does both but only works from Cloudflare Workers.- Prisma Accelerate requires the Prisma ORM.PgBeam is a PostgreSQL proxy that speaks the wire protocol natively. You only change one environment variable:Before: postgresql://user:pass@prod.c7k2dfh4jk3l.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/postgresAfter: postgresql://user:pass@02ljaccjaffjy8xvsw1xq6fdra.gw.pgbeam.app:5432/postgresThree things happen:1. Rou

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