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Been using Riza for the past few months at our startup for executing code generated by GPT4.

We use it for local dev, running prompt eval, and running code in prod.

- It was very fast to setup - it took us just a few minutes to execute our first function call.

- Multiple languages support - we use both JS and Python for code generated by LLM , Riza works great with both languages out of the box.

- No cold start - this is important because latency matters in our product.

- No infra management - even if we use AWS lambda or similar serverless product we felt like we still needed to a bunch of setup to make sure its fast + secure.

Congrats on launching!

Been using Riza for the past few months at our startup for executing code generated by GPT4.

We use it for local dev, running model eval (when changing prompts), in CI and production work loads.

- It's the easiest to setup. It took us just a few minutes to execute our first function call.

- Multiple languages support - we use both JS and Python for code generated by LLM , Riza works great with both out of the box.

- No cold start - this is important because latency matters in our product.

- No infra management - even if we use AWS lambda or similar serverless product we felt like we still needed to a bunch of setup to make sure its fast + secure.

Congrats on launching!

My team has been using this in production for the past 6 months - this is the best way to write Graphql server in Typescript by far and I have tried it all

RSC seems like a massive foot gun - given that you can accidentally bundle anything from the server.

Database credentials in the dashboard..? How?

Nothing special under the hood!

Ah yes if you need sorting then indexed are def the way to go!

We don't do anything automatic like that (yet?), you will have to add indexes manually.

But I would have to say - modern day databases are so fast that you probably won't notice the performance of adding indexes until at least 100k+ rows in a table and/or you have very high read throughput on that particular table.

Google tables is similar to Airtable, they are proprietary databases. You cannot query them and interface with them easily from another application like a regular database.

Retool Database has that friendly table UI but also give you the full query capability via SQL (we even give you the Postgres connection string that let you connect to it externally with your favorite tool).

We agree! The UI can be really helpful to make quick changes to schema, data, etc. You can’t run the UI without a Retool account though. We have a self-hosted Retool that works with your own Postgres database that you connect to Retool. Docs here: https://docs.retool.com/docs/retool-database-self-hosted

For self-hosted customers, Retool Database operates more like a front-end for your own DB (though we do require specific versions of Postgres for it all to work smoothly). Docs here: https://docs.retool.com/docs/retool-database-self-hosted

Hi HN! I’m the lead engineer on Retool Database.

Spreadsheets are often used as “poor man’s databases”—they’re quick to get started, but fall apart when you need data integrity, validation, and the ability to query/filter data.

This is why I am so excited about this launch - Retool Database gives you the power of Postgres with the “getting started” speed of a spreadsheet. No setup required.

We've also spent a lot of time on the UI for interacting with the database as well. You can create and edit tables, columns, and rows quickly without writing SQL. You should be able to get the same speed of iteration as spreadsheets, but you are also starting from the get-go that can handle the increasing complexity of your data and scale much better with app development.

We’re giving you 5GB free storage for the first year + connection strings so you can access your data outside Retool.

Lots of learnings as we built this—happy to answer any question you have!

Hi all, engineer @ Retool here.

Historically, Retool has been known as a fast way to build frontend UIs for your existing internal backends and APIs.

However, if you don’t already have a place to store your application data, you’d have to set that up elsewhere (AWS/Heroku) before you can leverage Retool’s UI builder—which introduces a lot of friction for you to get started building on Retool.

Because of this, we believe that a lot of internal tools aren’t built because there isn’t a fast way to store data for them. So today, we’re excited to announce the first product that lets you store and edit your app data inside retool: Retool Database. It is backed by the battle-tested PostgreSQL database and comes with an easy-to-use spreadsheet UI for managing its schema and data.

With Retool Database, you can:

- Create full stack apps in Retool in less than 2 minutes

- Build your internal tools on top of a SQL database right away, not Google Sheets

- Augment your production data with a secondary database that is used only for internal tools

Happy to answer any questions you may have!

Hi all, engineer @ Retool here.

Historically, Retool has been known as a fast way to build frontend UIs for your existing internal backends and APIs.

However, if you don’t already have a place to store your application data, you’d have to set that up elsewhere (AWS/Heroku) before you can leverage Retool’s UI builder—which introduces a lot of friction for you to get started building on Retool.

Because of this, we believe that a lot of internal tools aren’t built because there isn’t a fast way to store data for them. So today, we’re excited to announce the first product that lets you store and edit your app data inside retool: Retool Database. It is backed by the battle-tested PostgreSQL database and comes with an easy-to-use spreadsheet UI for managing its schema and data.

With Retool Database, you can:

- Create full stack apps in Retool in less than 2 minutes

- Build your internal tools on top of a SQL database right away, not Google Sheets

- Augment your production data with a secondary database that is used only for internal tools

Happy to answer any questions you may have!