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Build Real-Time Dashboards with FastAPI and Postgres WebSockets
Polling-based dashboards waste resources by repeatedly querying unchanged data. This tutorial shows how to use Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY and FastAPI's native WebSocket support to push updates instantly. The approach reduces server load and provides a truly live user experience without heavy infrastructure like Kafka.
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A practical pattern for real-time dashboards that avoids over-engineering, but production deployments will need to handle connection management and authentication.
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