# Supabase Beta December 2020

[Supabase](https://yomu.fyi/company/supabase) · Paul Copplestone · Jan 2, 2021

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Supabase transitioned to Beta following ten months of development concentrated on performance, security, and reliability. The platform introduced inline table documentation updates, storing descriptions directly as PostgreSQL comments and exposing them through OpenAPI specifications. Developers can now utilize a table view featuring immediate realtime update reflection alongside pagination for handling large datasets. Performance measurements show a 26 percent increase to 1460 requests per second in regions supporting AWS Graviton instances. Furthermore, the update introduces a new region in Sao Paulo, editing support for native Postgres arrays in the grid editor and side panel, and broader compatibility for custom database types.

## Context

Supabase spent ten months building and addressing performance, security, and reliability before launching its beta phase and securing a six-million-dollar seed round.

## Approach / What changed

The team enabled inline table descriptions via PostgreSQL comments exposed through OpenAPI, added realtime updates and pagination to the Table View, added native Postgres array and custom type support, launched a Sao Paulo region, and leveraged Graviton-supported regions.

## Takeaways

- Table descriptions added inline are directly stored as PostgreSQL comments and exposed through the OpenAPI specification.
- Table View supports pagination for large datasets and immediately reflects realtime changes occurring in the database.
- Throughput reached 1460 requests per second in Graviton-supported regions, up from 1167 requests per second.

**Tags:** [Open Source](https://yomu.fyi/topic/open-source), [Performance](https://yomu.fyi/topic/performance), [Postgres](https://yomu.fyi/topic/postgres)

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