October 2021 Summaries

Supabase, an open-source alternative to Firebase, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Coatue, bringing its total funding to $36 million. The company is growing rapidly with over 50,000 databases launched and more than 40,000 developers signed up from leading companies. Supabase aims to make Postgres the default database for every developer in the world by making it both easy and scalable. It offers a range of features built on top of PostgreSQL's existing functionality, such as authentication, file storage, APIs, and more. The company is also working towards building a cloud-native Postgres platform with automatic scaling, low latency, billing based on usage, and other advanced features. Supabase plans to use the funding to expand its team and continue developing its platform.

Supabase, an open source Firebase alternative, has raised $30 million in funding, bringing its total funding to $36 million. The company is growing rapidly with over 50,000 databases launched and a community of more than 40,000 developers from leading companies. Supabase aims to make Postgres the default database for every developer by focusing on scalability, tooling, and cloud-native features. It plans to invest in building a platform that powers transactional workloads with automatic scaling, low latency, billing based on usage, branching, scalable storage, distributed databases, ephemeral compute, and time-travel capabilities.

Replenysh, a material recovery platform, uses Supabase to power the circular economy and redefine how brands interact with their customers and products. By creating an ecosystem of tools, Replenysh enables communities worldwide to participate in the circular economy by tracking used materials back to manufacturers for reuse. The company's adoption of Supabase has led to faster development time and reduced maintenance, allowing them to continue scaling while providing a seamless end-user mobile login experience. Major brands have joined Replenysh and the circular economy as a result of Supabase's smooth developer experience and high-quality user authentication features.

Hacktoberfest is underway, featuring an array of impressive open-source projects submitted to the second Supabase Hackathon. The top ten projects across five categories have been selected, with winners and runners-up in each category receiving limited edition swag. All participants will receive a participation tee as a token of appreciation for their contributions. With all projects being open-source, users are encouraged to explore them further and contribute during the second half of Hacktoberfest.

Hacktoberfest, an open-source Hackathon, has selected its top ten favorite projects across five categories for the year 2021. These include Best Overall Project, Most Visually Pleasing, Most Technically Impressive, Best Mobile Project, and Most Spooky/Fun. The winners will receive a limited edition gold medal shirt, while all participants will be awarded a limited edition participation tee. Hacktoberfest encourages developers to contribute to their favorite projects during the second half of the event.

In September 2021, Supabase released a beta version of its real-time engine for Postgres. Since then, the company has been working on improving user experience and documentation. They have also added support for AbortController in their JavaScript library to abort long-running queries. Additionally, they have made improvements to table management features, including column types, unique constraints, bulk editing of columns, and cross-schema relationships. Supabase's community has grown rapidly, with new content being released regularly on various platforms such as YouTube and GitHub. The company is currently hiring SREs and preparing for another Launch Week in November.

We've been a company for two years and have made significant updates to our documentation, user experience, and developer advocacy efforts. To celebrate Hacktoberfest, we're hosting another Supabase Hackathon, offering a limited edition t-shirt as a prize. We've also added support for AbortController in our JavaScript library to allow for more control over long-running queries. Additionally, we've improved various features of the Dashboard, including column types, unique constraints, and cross-schema relationships. Our community has grown with new content, videos, and followers across multiple platforms, including GitHub, Discord, Twitter, YouTube, and more. We're hiring SREs who share our love for open-source projects and are fully remote, and we're looking forward to another Launch Week in November.