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Compare top real-time databases: Convex for TypeScript teams, Firebase for MVPs, Supabase for SQL, Realm for mobile, InfluxDB for analytics.

Real-time databases sync data instantly across users, eliminating polling lag. Clients subscribe to queries that auto-update when data changes, creating faster, more responsive apps essential for collaboration, e-commerce, and gaming.

We go over the basics of event driven programming: how it works, benefits, variants, and use cases.

Serve your app on a sub-path to host multiple apps on the same domain, using vercel.json rewrites.

JSON Lines stores one JSON object per line in a file, which is more scalable. Here's the one-liner to convert your .json file to .jsonl

With a simple `npm run dev` we can sign up a user for Convex, add seed data, and run the frontend and backend (including database) in parallel. Here's how we do it, and how to undo it too.