Real-Time Server Functionality and Data Synchronization

Real-time server functionality involves listening for database changes and pushing them out to subscribed clients, allowing users to select specific tables of interest for real-time updates. This synchronization is vital in scenarios like chat applications, ensuring that important changes get pushed out efficiently. The process includes receiving changes from Postgres, involving all changes or just insert statements, and sending them to subscribed clients. Superbase leverages Postgres' row level security feature to ensure notifications are sent based on specified permissions. This system is crucial for scenarios like B2B applications where users need access based on specific responsibilities. Two systems exist within Superbase: a pool-based system for querying data and a push-based system for delivering changing data to subscribed clients.