Databases in the Jamstack

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Argues that databases belong behind an API layer so Jamstack sites use databases without ops work, demonstrating a Next.js demo app that reads and writes to a Hasura GraphQL backend via Netlify functions triggered by Netlify forms. Uses XState for state, environment variables for Hasura admin keys, and simple GraphQL queries; form submissions create rows in Hasura and a random-character query returns them. Shows thousands-concurrent submissions with low latency and no server maintenance.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:40Jamstack
3. 1:56APIs
4. 3:47Sites
5. 5:37Database API
6. 8:09Adventure
7. 10:13Serverless Functions
8. 16:56Live QA
9. 20:03Hydration
10. 21:25Serverless vs GraphQL
11. 23:33Web Ecosystem
12. 25:41Domain Lag
13. 27:12Audience Questions

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