# Quicker serverless Postgres connections

DevFeed: [Quicker serverless Postgres connections](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/quicker-serverless-postgres-connections-5759.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/quicker-serverless-postgres>)

Author: George MacKerron

Published: 2023-03-28T08:37:44Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [WebSocket](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/websocket.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [Workers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/workers.md>), [Cloudflare Workers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare-workers.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>)

Tags: [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [cloudflare-workers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare-workers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>), [websocket](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/websocket.md>), [workers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workers.md>)

## AI overview

Neon's serverless driver carries PostgreSQL's TCP wire protocol over WebSockets, enabling PostgreSQL connections from environments such as Cloudflare Workers and Vercel Edge Functions. The article explains how connection setup requires multiple network round-trips and discusses reducing latency, including the effect of TLS versions.

## Source excerpt

Neon's serverless driver redirects the PostgreSQL TCP wire protocol over WebSockets. This makes ordinary, fully-functional PostgreSQL connections accessible from new environments -- including serverless platforms like Cloudflare Workers and Vercel Edge Functions. A key feature of...