Rasmus Porsager created Postgres.js –the fastest full-featured PostgreSQL client for Node.js and Deno. Today he joins Jerod for a deep-dive on Postgres, why he created this open source library, and how you can use it to build pg-backed JavaScript applications.

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Featuring:

• Rasmus Porsager – GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• JSNation
• React Summit
• postgres.js on GitHub
• postgres-shift
• HashQL
• HashQL Todos Sample

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