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saltcod··on Supabase is acquiring Turso
yup — we see Turso/SQLite as complementary to Postgres for specific use cases. The blog post doesn't mention it yet, but this will power our smallest instance — "Spark" https://x.com/saltcod/status/2106078176464036044
saltcod··on Supabase is acquiring Turso
^ this is exactly the plan. An appropriate stack for each part of your journey.

The blog post captures it really well:

> As agents build more software, we believe database demand will outpace the world’s current capacity to support them. So we need infrastructure that can scale to meet this growth and is suited to how we build with agents.

> Agents should be able to create a database as easily as creating a file, with just as little concern about cost. For smaller workloads, that shouldn’t require provisioning a dedicated machine every time. Databases should be cheap to create, available on demand, and have a clear path to production when needed.

> SQLite is well suited to these small, on-demand workloads. Postgres is what you want as your application scales. We want builders to have the same developer experience from prototyping to production.

saltcod··on Supabase is acquiring Turso
More to come, but Turso remains a product and SQLite remains their focus. Supabase/Postgres is the path as workloads grow and require it.

(disclosure: I work at supabase)

saltcod··on Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'
Laughed out loud at this!
saltcod··on Om Malik has died
Very sad. Such a thoughtful writer. He always had an angle that no one else had. Will miss reading his words.
saltcod··on A programmable watch you can actually wear
Just two things for me: telling time, same as yourself, and notifying me that my watch has a text message I might want to attend to. If I could replace the notification feature somehow I’d do that.

I used to use it for running but it performs that job very poorly compared to my $200 Garmin.

saltcod··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
Cool project. Curious why you're moving to self-hosted, and if you go through with it, also curious how that experience goes.
saltcod··on Ask HN: How to be alone?
+2 for running. Running can become a nice little exercise and data collecting obsession.
saltcod··on The happiest I've ever been
Great post. I coach my son’s club and school teams. 4 practices + games each week. A huge commitment but pays off in so many ways. Good for you for volunteering!
saltcod··on Canadians promised to boycott travel to US. They meant it
Shorter, cheaper flights. Toronto to Orlando is 2.5 hrs I think?
saltcod··on Show HN: Anoncast: Turn Blogs into Podcasts
Very cool idea. Nicely done too.
saltcod··on I built a modern, cloud-licensed installer for SuperMemo 19
I was playing Dragon Warrior (great game!) at 14. This is really cool. Congrats.
saltcod··on I partnered with a 1.5M influencer to build then "Anti-Duolinguo"
very cool project! How's Supabase been to work with? (I work here, curious about feedback!)
saltcod··on I ranked every building and landlord in NYC using 17M+ public records
This is very cool. Great work!
saltcod··on [dead]
We had a brief outage with our gateway api this morning. We'll be publishing a full RCA in the next 48hrs.
saltcod··on Delve Online – Phaser,VueJS,Supabase,Photon
extremely cool use of supabase =) would love more details on how you use it
saltcod··on Show HN: I made DressMate, an AI to decide what to wear from your own wardrobe
Very cool project!
saltcod··on I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file
"Reminders" is maybe the most poorly named app of all time. The last thing it does is remind you of anything.
saltcod··on Ask HN: How do I give back to people helped me when I was young and had nothing?
Tell them.
saltcod··on GCP Outage
We're investigating right now. Looks like a potential issue with Cloudflare.
saltcod··on I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it
Had a huge scare after a concert a few years ago. My ears hurt and were very poor for a few days after. Very scary.

Luckily it went away. I wear ear protection all the time now. agree that there should be laws governing sound volume.

saltcod··on Show HN: Dexter – an opinionated day planner for Mac
Sorry to hear about the inspiration for this. It's very nicely done. Great work.
saltcod··on More than 1,500 new fonts – including all-time favorites – come to Adobe Fonts
1000000%
saltcod··on Design System Options for Rails
Came here to look to this!
saltcod··on Ask HN: Seeking technical cofounder for marketplace startup (equity-only)
Curious why supa and Firebase?
saltcod··on With AI you need to think bigger
Found the same thing. I was toying with a Discord bot a few weeks ago that involved setting up and running a node server, deployed to Fly via docker. A bunch of stuff a bit out of my wheelhouse. All of it turned out to be totally straightforward with LLM assistance.

Thinking bigger is a practice to hone.

saltcod··on Show HN: Bayleaf – Building a low-profile wireless split keyboard
Beautifully done. I would buy this board in a heartbeat. I'd also buy a course on how you built it.
saltcod··on Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative
Why Elixir & Phoenix and Next.js?
saltcod··on Show HN: Komihåg – Learn and remember things you read
Very cool concept!
saltcod··on Why Ruby on Rails still matters
Yes and yes.
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