PostgreSQL Connection Modes: Session vs Transaction Mode Explained
When you’re building applications that talk to PostgreSQL, you’ll eventually hit a wall: database connections are expensive. Each connection consumes memory and resources on your database server, and there’s a hard limit to how many you can have. This is where connection poolers like PgBouncer come in, and understanding how they work can make the difference between an application that scales smoothly and one that grinds to a halt under load. ...