GraphpostgresQL
Data
graphql interface for postgres
SHOW HN2015
195points
23comments
#89of 2,565 in 2015
Top 4%of 2015 by points
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LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
9 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.52.
Execution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Impressive use of Postgres to generate a graph-style interface
From 3 comments
That graphql.sql file is pretty amazing and is a great example of the power and flexibility of Postgres. It seems to dynamically generate the graph "database" -- a concept I…
adriancooney on HNThis is pretty cool, nice job!
technologia on HNThis is awesome nicely done man!
anth1y on HN
Excited about GraphQL and Relay use cases
From 3 comments
This is great. After seeing this in use at React.js Conf I was wondering who would step forward to take this on.
iLoch on HNAside from general usefulness, I'm very interested in "Relay". https://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2015/02/20/introducing-relay-and-graphql.html
rapind on HNThanks, and looking forward to seeing where this goes! It's a solid fit for some recent use cases I've run into.
rapind on HN
Objections
Security model for exposing GraphQL directly to the database is unclear
From 2 comments
This looks great, and I love the idea of GraphQL and declaratively defining the data you need. I understand this is alpha / proof-of-concept, and this is in no way meant as…
gingerlime on HNI would think you'd need some kind of layer over the database for security, I think managing security at the db level would be very clunky at best. But since the idea of GraphQL…
michaelchisari on HN
No support for updating json/jsonb data
From 1 comment
Hm. This looks nice especially now TitanDB is abandoned. But the lack of updates for json/jsonb data remains a problem. It's really the only significant problem left for using…
nl on HN
Requests
Port to PL/V8 in a future version
From 1 comment
If you find any issues -- or have some ideas for improvements -- let me know and I'll see what I can do. I think a v2 release should really be in PLV8. PL/SQL is already there…
solidsnack9000 on HN
Describe permissions with a shape-like spec
From 1 comment
I wonder if one could use a shape-like spec to describe permissions for a user, similar to GraphQL itself?
solidsnack9000 on HN
Questions
What use cases is the project intended for
From 1 comment
If you could let me know what use cases you have in mind, it would help me to prioritize features and think about what to optimize.
solidsnack9000 on HN
Alternatives named
TitanDB
From 3 comments
Hm. This looks nice especially now TitanDB is abandoned. But the lack of updates for json/jsonb data remains a problem. It's really the only significant problem left for using…
nl on HNWow, didn't know TitanDB was abandoned. Last I read, datastax was working on a commercial offering of TitanDB.
sidi on HNThey're building a new database, "based on the lessons learnt from TitanDB"
nl on HN