--- title: Best Neon posts — August 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Neon posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/neontech/best-of/2026/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/neontech/best-of/2026/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Neon posts — August 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Neon posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Neon — August 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/wal-s3-lakebase-storage-for-the-era-of-agents-4trqspanr "WAL + S3: Lakebase storage for the era of agents") Article Neon · 2w WAL + S3: Lakebase storage for the era of agents Neon explains the architecture behind Lakebase Postgres, a design that treats the Postgres write-ahead log (WAL) as the source of truth rather than a recovery mechanism. By splitting compute (standard Postgres execution) from storage (safekeepers for WAL replication, pageservers that materialize pages, and S3 for immutable history), the system makes the entire transaction timeline addressable by LSN. This enables cheap branching, instant point-in-time restore, time-travel queries, replica creation without data copying, and scale-to-zero compute, all without Postgres ever reading directly from object storage during query execution. The post also covers the persistent binary search tree data structure used to quickly locate the right storage layer for a given key and LSN, and introduces LTAP (Lake Transactional/Analytical Processing), where one columnar copy in object storage serves both transactional and analytical workloads. 25 2 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/neon-functions-backend-logic-next-to-your-data-zsp0ccejk "Neon Functions: backend logic next to your data") Article Neon · 4w Neon Functions: backend logic next to your data Neon has launched Functions, a serverless Node.js 24 compute layer that deploys directly onto a Neon Postgres branch in the same region as the database, with DATABASE\_URL and other backend credentials (Object Storage, AI Gateway, Auth) injected automatically. Unlike typical Lambda-style handlers, Neon Functions are long-running, supporting minutes-long agent tool loops, WebSockets, and SSE, and they branch alongside the rest of the Neon stack - creating a child branch spins up an isolated copy of the function too. Functions are declared via neon.ts (Neon's backend-as-code config), any module exporting a fetch(request) handler works, and Hono is the recommended framework; a long-lived pg Pool is recommended over the edge-oriented @neondatabase/serverless driver. Functions are not meant for hosting full frontends or background jobs (pair with something like Inngest for queued work), and are free during the current beta. Scheduled/event-based triggers (cron, storage events, auth/database events) are coming soon. 20 3 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/neon-for-herdr-a-neon-pane-in-your-herdr-workspace-9sfahsszl "Neon for Herdr: A Neon pane in your Herdr workspace") Article Neon · 4w Neon for Herdr: A Neon pane in your Herdr workspace A new plugin called Neon for Herdr brings Neon's serverless Postgres project management into a terminal pane inside the Herdr workspace manager. It lets developers create and reset database branches, grab pooled or direct connection strings, and start or suspend computes with single keypresses. Built with Ink, Effect, and the Neon TypeScript SDK, it requires Herdr 0.7.0+, Node 22+, and macOS or Linux, and authenticates via OAuth PKCE against Neon's own OAuth host. 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