Supabase Alpha August 2020

Summary

Six months into developing its hosted database platform, Supabase announced updates focusing on authentication, table view management, and community developer tooling. Users can now create database tables and columns directly from the table view interface as well as invite team members to their organizations. The authentication system introduced configurable email confirmations for new user registrations, allowing administrators to toggle confirmations and edit email templates directly from the dashboard. Community contributors added TypeScript support to Supabase, implemented UMD support in supabase-js, and began building Python client libraries starting with postgrest-py. Supabase is preparing to transition from Alpha to Beta by stabilizing its Auth API, improving dashboard performance, and benchmarking platform systems.

Context

Supabase reached six months of development on its hosted database platform and recently completed Y Combinator while preparing to transition the platform from Alpha to Beta.

Approach / What changed

The release introduced direct table and column creation in the table view, team organization invites, and email confirmation controls with editable dashboard templates. Community additions brought TypeScript support, UMD support for supabase-js, improved documentation search, and the postgrest-py client library.

Takeaways

• Supabase added email confirmation toggles and customizable email templates manageable via the dashboard.
• Community contributions introduced TypeScript support to Supabase alongside UMD support for supabase-js and initial Python support through postgrest-py.
• The transition from Alpha to Beta is focused on stabilizing the Auth API, boosting dashboard performance, and benchmarking systems.

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