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EdgeDB Cloud and 4.0 with FTS and Auth

Shown by 1st1 on Nov 1, 2023. Click the card to turn it over.

69points

28comments

#869of 3,109 in 2023

Top 28%of 2023 by points

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7 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.

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Polished product and rapid development
From 2 comments
- The product itself seems pretty polished at this point -- I think the next phase for EdgeDB will be the more "social" challenge of getting a critical mass of real-world users.…
  Taikonerd on HN
- I can't believe how rapidly EdgeDB is developing. Like they just offhandedly mention "oh, by the way, any string column can be made full-text-searchable -- just use this kind of…
  Taikonerd on HN
Excellent developer experience
From 1 comment
- I've been using EdgeDB for a while now and love the developer experience, congrats on the launch! In your Keynote someone talked about ReScript which is new to me, what is the…
  kelthuzad on HN
Favorite developer tooling startup
From 1 comment
- EdgeDB is by far one of my favorite startups in the developer tooling scene, and even though I don't get to use it actively on my day job am still watching it with awe from…
  treesciencebot on HN

No dynamic Python query builder yet
From 1 comment
- EdgeDB is by far one of my favorite startups in the developer tooling scene, and even though I don't get to use it actively on my day job am still watching it with awe from…
  treesciencebot on HN

Python query builder
From 2 comments
- EdgeDB is by far one of my favorite startups in the developer tooling scene, and even though I don't get to use it actively on my day job am still watching it with awe from…
  treesciencebot on HN
- Any for elixir?
  deviprsd on HN
Better .NET library tooling
From 1 comment
- I hope the tooling in .NET library gets more investment.
  dodyg on HN
Stored procedures support
From 1 comment
- Are there any plans to support stored procedures?
  ricogallo on HN

How does performance compare with Prisma
From 1 comment
- Interesting. Could you share more about the performance characteristics of EdgeDB + TypeScript vs say Prisma + other DB?
  mfester on HN
Is it open source and can it run without cloud
From 1 comment
- Is edgeDB open source? Can you run it without "cloud"?
  huhuli on HN

Convex
From 1 comment
- How does EdgeDB Cloud compares to Convex?
  sebnun on HN
SurrealDB
From 1 comment
- DB space is very exciting now. I was looking at Edgedb, and then surrealdb. These db can make a solo devs life so much easier
  diamondfist25 on HN
Prisma
From 1 comment
- Interesting. Could you share more about the performance characteristics of EdgeDB + TypeScript vs say Prisma + other DB?
  mfester on HN