> The dream would be to have a great DX experience around using insert/update triggers to call Supabase functions to run background tasks
We have something for this: Function Hooks (soon to be renamed "Async Triggers")[0]. They are still in alpha, but the extension [1] is getting close. It was important to build something which works with PG background workers so that it's non-blocking. We'll make quick progress on this now that we've released Edge Functions.
> sending notifications or updating related rows
Tune in for tomorrow's announcement - it's related.
We have something for this: Function Hooks (soon to be renamed "Async Triggers")[0]. They are still in alpha, but the extension [1] is getting close. It was important to build something which works with PG background workers so that it's non-blocking. We'll make quick progress on this now that we've released Edge Functions.
> sending notifications or updating related rows
Tune in for tomorrow's announcement - it's related.
[0] Function Hooks / Async Triggers: https://supabase.com/blog/2021/07/30/supabase-functions-upda...
[1] https://github.com/supabase/pg_net