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CDC Tools Face Thundering Herd Problem in Bulk Updates
Change Data Capture tools like Supabase Webhooks and Prisma Pulse enable real-time database event streaming but struggle with bulk updates, causing a 'thundering herd' of requests. Supabase's pg_net handles up to 200 requests per second, while Prisma Pulse relies on logical replication. Both lack built-in mechanisms to handle sudden spikes from mass row changes.
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The article highlights a real scalability gap in popular CDC tools that developers should address with queueing and rate limiting before deploying at scale.
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Change Data Capture in 2026: Supabase Webhooks, Prisma Pulse, and the "Thundering Herd" Problem →
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