Announcing the FaunaDB Add-On for Netlify

In plain words

FaunaDB is a serverless database add-on for Netlify that allows developers to store and manage data for their web applications. It integrates directly with Netlify's platform, enabling developers building serverless sites to add database functionality without managing separate infrastructure. The service is designed for teams building modern web applications that require real-time data synchronization and automatic scaling capabilities.

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From the sources

Netlify's official Discord is live. Join to share your work and connect with builders. We’re excited to announce the FaunaDB Add-on for Netlify, which empowers users to create a fully-featured, globally-distributed data backend for their applications within seconds. This integration allows users to instantly add FaunaDB to any JAMstack project running on Netlify, and to manage the database instance via FaunaDB Console. FaunaDB is a serverless cloud database with a native GraphQL API. FaunaDB is a globally distributed system, that offers ubiquitous low-latency access to both reads and writes, without sacrificing data correctness. Consequently, you can avoid layers of app code for manually…from netlify.com

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