--- title: MotherDuck on Cloudflare Workers: real-time apps at the edge description: A step-by-step guide to building a real-time voting app using Cloudflare Workers and MotherDuck. Since Cloudflare Workers don't support native DuckDB bindings,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/motherduck-on-cloudflare-workers-real-time-apps-at-the-edge-caqfsv4vi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MotherDuck on Cloudflare Workers: real-time apps at the edge | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to building a real-time voting app using Cloudflare Workers and MotherDuck. Since Cloudflare Workers don't support native DuckDB bindings,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/motherduck-on-cloudflare-workers-real-time-apps-at-the-edge-caqfsv4vi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cAQFsv4vI.png og:image:alt: MotherDuck on Cloudflare Workers: real-time apps at the edge og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MotherDuck on Cloudflare Workers: real-time apps at the edge **[MotherDuck](https://daily.dev/sources/motherduck)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to building a real-time voting app using Cloudflare Workers and MotherDuck. Since Cloudflare Workers don't support native DuckDB bindings, the tutorial connects to MotherDuck via its Postgres endpoint using the `pg` npm package. The app uses Cloudflare Durable Objects for real-time consistent vote tracking across edge nodes, and queries MotherDuck for analytical data like sales summaries and location stats. The TypeScript backend routes API requests, while a D3-powered frontend polls for live vote updates every 5 seconds. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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