# How 222 uses Neon to handle their frequent spikes in demand

DevFeed: [How 222 uses Neon to handle their frequent spikes in demand](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-222-uses-neon-to-handle-their-frequent-spikes-in-demand-5338.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/how-222-uses-neon-to-handle-their-frequent-spikes-in-demand>)

Author: Carlota Soto

Published: 2024-06-25T17:23:21Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Supabase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supabase.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [case-studies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-studies.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [databases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databases.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [self-hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosting.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how 222 moved from an Airtable-backed SMS project to a managed relational database as it grew and prepared to launch its iOS app. The team selected Neon after comparing self-hosting, PlanetScale, Neon, and Supabase, with a preference for Postgres features such as user-defined data types and materialized views. Neon's preemptive autoscaling is used to handle recurring database traffic spikes during evenings and weekends.

## Source excerpt

"Our database traffic peaks at nights and on weekends when thousands of our members are attending experiences. Building on a database that preemptively autoscales allows us to regularly handle these traffic spikes." Lex Nasser, Founding Engineer at 222 Life in a tech-enabled worl...