TutorialOct 21, 2026

Ship Next.js and Postgres to Vercel without surprises

The environment, connection, migration, and preview-database checks I run before every production deployment.

Jonas Berg@jonas · Level 4 Specialist · 3 badges Offline280 XP to Mentor

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The framework deployment is usually the easy part. Most launch problems come from database assumptions that were invisible on localhost.

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Keep it moving.

Rina Patel14 hours ago

The incognito registration test caught a secure cookie issue for me last month. I now keep it as the final item in my launch checklist too.

Alex Rivera11 hours ago

Do you use a separate preview database branch for every pull request, or one shared preview database?

Jonas Berg10 hours ago

A branch per pull request when migrations are involved; a shared preview for copy-only changes. The important part is that preview never points at production.

Ship Next.js and Postgres to Vercel without surprises

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