# Launch week

[Supabase](https://yomu.fyi/company/supabase) · Ant Wilson · Mar 25, 2021

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Following its transition from Alpha to Beta, Supabase scheduled an intensive Launch Week to deliver multiple major features built over a three-month cycle. The event opened with a pricing model designed around predictable metrics like storage to prevent unexpected billing spikes from API requests. The team subsequently launched Supabase Storage, combining a Fastify Node.js API layer with Kong authentication and Postgres Row Level Security for policy evaluation. Additional launches delivered a CLI supporting database migrations and Docker self-hosting, alongside an open-source dashboard UI component library. Finally, Supabase added PgBouncer connection pooling for Postgres instances, previewed an Elixir workflow engine, and transitioned its primary domain to supabase.com.

## Context

Following their Y Combinator Demo Day and transition from Alpha to Beta, the Supabase team set a three-month internal deadline to plan and deliver an entire week of product launches with a relatively small team.

## Approach / What changed

Supabase structured a five-day Launch Week to release new product capabilities, tooling, and business updates across its Postgres-centered platform. The week covered predictable usage-based pricing, Supabase Storage using Fastify and Postgres Row Level Security, a developer CLI with Docker support, an open-source UI component library, PgBouncer connection pooling, an Elixir-based workflow engine, and a migration to supabase.com.

## Takeaways

- Supabase Storage uses Kong for authentication, Fastify for its API layer, and native Postgres Row Level Security policies for authorization.
- To improve billing predictability over request-based alternatives, Supabase bases usage charges on storage while offering soft-tier upgrades and a free plan.
- The Supabase CLI enables local development, database migration management, and self-hosting using Docker.

**Tags:** [Authentication](https://yomu.fyi/topic/authentication), [Docker](https://yomu.fyi/topic/docker), [Open Source](https://yomu.fyi/topic/open-source), [Postgres](https://yomu.fyi/topic/postgres)

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