Building with Effect and EdgeDB: Part 1
Learn how to use Effect with EdgeDB to build complex functionality in a type-safe way.
Seamless DX with Vercel
We’re excited to announce the brand new seamless integration with Vercel
An approach to optimizing TypeScript type checking performance
A process for measuring and optimizing TypeScript type checking performance
Powering Webble’s Growth: How EdgeDB Became the Cornerstone of Their Tech Stack
Choosing the right database is hard. But why is that? Is it a fear of vendor lock-in? Maybe we’re just tired of writing SQL? Perhaps it’s simply because there are too many options to choose from.
Announcing the winners of our hackathon!
This blog post announces the winners of our one-time hackathon, showcases their innovative projects, and highlights special category prizes, with a link to browse all submissions in the project gallery.
Vercel + EdgeDB: branches workflow and hackathon alert
EdgeDB introduces integration with Vercel, and announces the Vercel + EdgeDB Hackathon.
EdgeDB 5: Introducing ext::ai
EdgeDB 5.0 introduces a new built-in extension that automates embeddings generation and bundles and exposes an easy way to do RAG with database queries as context.
EdgeDB 5: Introducing Passwordless Auth
EdgeDB 5.0 introduces secure, passwordless authentication options like WebAuthn and Magic Links and new OAuth providers for Slack and Discord
EdgeDB 5: Introducing branches
EdgeDB 5 comes with support for schema and data branches.
EdgeDB Cloud Free Tier & how we stack up vs. PlanetScale, Supabase, Neon
We’re announcing the availability of EdgeDB Cloud Free Tier and reviewing cloud benchmarks.
Generative UI with Vercel AI SDK and EdgeDB
Learn how to build a vacation rental platform using Vercel AI SKD and EdgeDB. This combination enables an interactive user experience, allowing users to effortlessly browse, book, and add houses to their wishlists.
ReScript and EdgeDB
Learn how together ReScript and EdgeDB achieve full type safety with less busy work. This post shows you the benefits and how you can get started with this pairing today!
EdgeDB and Nuxt: a fullstack app at your fingertips
Discover how EdgeDB is a perfect match for Nuxt 3, transforming it into a Laravel-like framework based on TypeScript!
Why putting logic in your database is pretty great (with Fiori.ai)
Fiori picked EdgeDB because it mixes the best of Postgres (strong typing) and Mongo (nested data). They stayed to easily put business logic in the database.
EdgeDB Cloud EU region launches!
EdgeDB Cloud has always been fast, but now it gets even faster if you’re in and around Europe: today, we are launching our brand new EU region!
Speedrunning our AI startup with EdgeDB
Jack of Credal.ai discusses how using EdgeDB accelerates product development and enhances data safety in their enterprise AI product. Learn about EdgeDB’s impact on developer productivity and error minimization in the fast-paced enterprise AI sector.
Porting the world’s best natural language learning technique to EdgeDB
So you’ve built a game-changing database and developers love it. How do you help them move from EdgeDB curious to EdgeDB expert? A special technique used to learn natural languages does the trick.
Stop building auth, start building apps with EdgeDB and Next.js
It’s hard enough to come up with an idea worth trying. See how EdgeDB and our new authentication extension makes it easy to go from idea to working application in record time using Next.js.
EdgeDB Cloud and EdgeDB 4.0
Today we’re shipping EdgeDB 4.0. What else is shipping? EdgeDB Cloud!
Python, Rust, Chumsky, Tree-sitter, and EdgeDB walk into a bar
EdgeDB needs support for Language Server Protocol, but we couldn’t even start down the path of building it with our existing parser. We explored four fixes and ended up with all the pieces in place… and 26% faster query compilation we can start enjoying now!
EdgeDB and Rust: Type-safe kindred spirits
EdgeDB is tied to Rust, in part because some of it is written in Rust, but the surprising similarities between the two are found in other areas and run much deeper.
Make your users happy by keeping it RYL in documentation
DRY is great for code, but it’s not always the right principle for documentation. Learn our approach at EdgeDB and why we prioritize DX over more convenient maintenance of our docs.
Chit-chatting with EdgeDB docs via ChatGPT and pgvector
We’ve built a better, faster way for you to get the help you need on your EdgeDB project, using the magic of ChatGPT.
EdgeDB 3.0
EdgeDB 3.0 is here and it is our biggest release ever.
The Zen Side of the Moon
We’re bringing a unique vinyl record with us to PyCon 2023!
EdgeDB Series A
Announcing our Series A financing round.
Bringing .NET to EdgeDB
Today we’re excited to announce an official client library for the .NET ecosystem.
Typesafe database querying via code generation
Execute EdgeQL queries in a typesafe way with code generation.
EdgeDB + Dart
Today we’re excited to announce an official client library for the Dart language.
EdgeDB 2.0
Today we’re excited to announce the release of EdgeDB 2.0, the latest version of our graph-relational database.
Designing the ultimate TypeScript query builder
We set out to build the a full-featured TypeScript query builder with static type inference. This post discusses our API design process and implementation.
How we converted our Node.js library to Deno (using Deno)
A general purpose methodology for converting a Node.js package to Deno.
How we sharded our test suite for 10x faster runs on GitHub Actions
We use GitHub Actions for a heavy CI workflow consisting of thousands of tests that takes 2+ hours. But with a bit of cleverness, we parallelized our workflow and reduce the runtime to just 10 minutes.
A solution to the SQL vs. ORM dilemma
The “ORM vs. SQL” holy war has raged for decades. EdgeDB provides a third option.
Why ORMs are slow (and getting slower)
The question of ORM performance is more nuanced than simply “they generate slow queries”. We present a new benchmark for comparing ORM performance on realistic queries.
The graph-relational database, defined
A conclusive answer to EdgeDB’s most frequently asked question: “What is a graph-relational database anyway?”
EdgeDB 1.0
Today, after years of research, development, and refinement EdgeDB graduates to a production-ready database. We are very proud to announce EdgeDB 1.0.
Building a production database in ten years or less
EdgeDB 1.0 is just around the corner. Let’s talk about how we got here.
EdgeDB RC4: Procyon
The final release candidate is now available. EdgeDB 1.0 is launching Feb 10th!
EdgeDB Release Candidate 3
The third Release Candidate of EdgeDB is now available.
EdgeDB Release Candidate 2
EdgeDB 1.0 Release Candidate 2 is now available. Bugs are fixed, documentation is polished, and our client libraries get a facelift.
EdgeDB Release Candidate 1
We’re pleased to announce the first EdgeDB 1.0 Release Candidate.
EdgeDB Beta 3: “Ross”
With the release of Beta 3, EdgeDB gets even better with a revamped CLI, top-level free shapes in queries, simplified enum syntax, and a new “relative duration” type. Plus, we enable TLS by default on all EdgeDB instances.
Announcing EdgeDB Beta 2: Luyten
With this Beta 2 release, EdgeDB stabilizes in preparation for our 1.0 launch. Plus, we introduce a new interactive tool for configuring EdgeDB projects.
Introducing EdgeDB Projects
We introduce “edgedb project”, a new interactive command-line tool that makes it easier than ever to start new projects and configure existing ones.
EdgeDB 1.0 Beta 1 “Sirius”
EdgeDB, the next-generation relational database, reached a major milestone. Version 1.0 Beta 1 “Sirius” is now available and is ready for early adoption.
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 6 “Wolf 359”
The new EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 6 “Wolf 359” release brings a slew of EdgeQL updates to the table.
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 5 “Luhman”
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 5 “Luhman” has been released with a score of user-requested improvements.
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 4 “Barnard’s Star”
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 4 “Barnard’s Star” is available for download. See the highlights of this release.
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 3 “Proxima Centauri”
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 3 “Proxima Centauri” is available for download. See what’s been keeping us busy.
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 2
EdgeDB 1.0 alpha 2 is is available for download. Learn what’s new and see the benchmarks comparing EdgeDB to different JavaScript DB solutions.
A Path to a 10x Database
We are publishing EdgeDB product roadmap and reflecting on history, the future, and our design approach.
We Can Do Better Than SQL
The questions we often hear are “Why create a new query language?” and “What’s wrong with SQL?”. This blog post contains answers to both.
EdgeDB 1.0 Alpha 1
EdgeDB 1.0 alpha 1 is available for immediate download. The post is a brief overview of what’s new. We explore creating a simple app and compare the usability and performance of EdgeDB to that of different databases and ORMs.
EdgeDB: A New Beginning
In a few weeks we will release the first public technology preview of EdgeDB—a new open-source object-relational database. This post is a brief introduction and is the first in the series.
1M rows/s from Postgres to Python
asyncpg is a new fully-featured open-source Python client library for PostgreSQL.
