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Date Published
Author
Sikan He
Word count
741
Language
English
Hacker News points
2

Summary

Retool has launched Retool Database, a PostgreSQL database with a spreadsheet-like interface, now generally available to customers, aiming to simplify data management and application building. This new offering provides a scalable solution to replace traditional spreadsheets, addressing limitations such as data integrity and the lack of structured data management. Users benefit from a free 5GB data storage for one year, with the ability to easily create and manage databases using the intuitive Retool Database UI. The platform allows seamless integration with existing tools like Airtable and Google Sheets, supports standard SQL queries, and offers connection strings for external access. It is tightly integrated with the Retool platform, enabling the development of web and mobile apps, scheduling of cron jobs and ETL tasks, and the use of GPT-4 for automated notifications. The database supports multiple environments, facilitating safe schema changes and deployment, and is available for cloud and self-hosted customers, with the latter requiring an upgrade to version 2.113 or later.