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andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
I'm glad you liked it! Were you using a local build or were you uploading to a server on each change?

For the local build we have the 'generate-server --watch' command and I want to add an option so on every rebuild it runs another command, something like 'generate-server --watch --command "pnpm run dev"' so on every change the server runs the latest version of the code.

For when you upload to a server theres no much we can do because the builds on the server take too long, something we have on the roadmap is having our own server provider and the number 1 priority is that is so fast that you can deploy a new version on every local change.

andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Thanks! But even if you run Convex on your own Postgres you still need to follow the Convex DB model right?
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Hey! Even tho I use AI to code faster I still review every line of code and I test every new feature. About the limitations, I'm a single developer working after work trying to add as many features as fast as I can so some of them may take more time to be ready. The good thing about Typebase is that under the hood is a normal TypeScript server so you can add any feature you want even if Typebase doesnt implemented natively!
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Thanks! I'm glad you liked them!
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
The audio is actually from a guy I hired on Fiverr but you are right that the pronunciation sounds kind of weird on Vercel.
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Hey! I created a new account on HN just to have an account specifically for Typebase and I'm sorry I dind't answer more quickly the post got traction a during the weekend a couple of days after I posted. I'm answering everything right now!
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Yeah I had the same problem, I think is super easy to shot yourself by using RLS
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Thanks!
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Hey! I actually added the fake reviews myself, I wanted to give some personality to the landing.

> Looks an awful lot like a orpc, just built on top of drizzle instead of raw queries

Typebase is built on top of oRPC, the idea with Typebase is that you can build everything on super simple way and Typebase will take care of the rest.

andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
You can use your own DB by saving the URL on DATABASE_URL inside .env. For now migrations are not supported but they are coming on the next version. Another feature that is on the pipeline is being able to generate the server so you can bind it to your current server
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
I think on of the best things about Typebase is that it allows you to have typed actions you can call from your backend as if it where functions of your front end, for that reason I dont think Typebase is a great tool when you have apps on different languages apart from TypeScript
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Hey! For now we only support Neon but the idea is too add more DB providers soon. I wanted to build a "base layer" to show that Typebase is versatile enough, I'll add D1 to the priorities
andrewww-dev··on Show HN: Typebase – A single-folder back end you write in TypeScript
Thanks!