Don't query your PostgreSQL db anymore, prefer PostgREST

Giandomenico Di Salvatore

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The post discusses the benefits of using PostgREST to replace traditional SQL queries in PostgreSQL databases. It outlines the process of setting up PostgREST, a standalone web server that converts PostgreSQL databases into RESTful APIs, simplifying database interactions. The author shares their experience migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL and how PostgREST helped streamline their PHP code by eliminating direct SQL queries. The post includes a tutorial on setting up and using PostgREST with Docker, illustrating various query examples and security considerations.

So, did you expose the entire database of your project to the Internet? :)

It’s crazy how far people would go to just avoid writing queries

this comes free with supabase, you got a nice GUI, CLI, restSDK, auth, and row level security

I see the project has been archived