EDGEDB is now gel and postgres is the future

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We have news! EDGEDB is again as gel, more below.
Let’s talk about something else.
Something impressive that happened recently. Postgreesql looks quiet fOOD THE Database World. It just doesn’t take the charts first, the momentum of this adoption is accelerated. What happened? There’s an answer in the postgresqll.org tagline:
The most advanced open source of revolutional revolutionary relations
It’s not just an empty marketing shopping. it Significantly. Let’s unpack, starting with what I think is the most important and consequence:
Open source.
Regardless of the source source, most of the database systems in today’s market (including MySQL) developed in a commercial entity. Postgres are other. It’s Bootstrapprappraped by Berkeley as a
Research project and discharged under a lipal-likeable license. A decent user’s user-formed measure and after the university stops making new releases, the project (newly named with a group of motivated hackers and how about postgres knowing and released today.
Argument, it makes postgreesql the only The system database is actually open-source. It cannot be done bought or
Destroyed with license-rug and it creates a kind of TRUST
which cannot be implemented in any way.
I know that top can sound a bit funny from a co-founder of a VC-backged startup. Gel is apache-lisensed and we are about to come to the future proof that, stay fastened for a blog post.
Now let’s talk about Introduction a little.
When the project was initiated by the postgres in Berkeley in 1985, extensions and modularma were held Cornerstones at the Disiller. It is likely one of the main reasons that make postgresql successfully. Custom data types, index types and operators have been there since the beginning.
The postgress is a relational database in this core, but in the ability to store (and index) JSON, spatial data, vectors, wise. Postgres cannot best tool in any given case case, but it good enough. Able to run only one DBMS instead of 10 and do all the things you want to do is good! (Where, I think, most starabases in the vector database may not be done in the long run.)
Also, building postgres extensions fun and now you can do it
bet.
If it’s about actually running questions, PostgreSQL’s Question Quister Quister is resolved by State-of-Art. Given what else is more pressed and express edge of content (Gel’s Query Lange)
Postgresma is the clean and most documented C project on this scale, and the most quality of Coderebase is to give the postgres mentioned above while storing it stable and secure.
Is, yes, postgres is The most advanced open operation of revolutional revolutionary revolution (sorry, Sam!). What else is more interesting is that postgres are as exalted by a kind of one FOR the most part. Did you notice how each new claim to start the database or struggling for the importance of postgresql soprouchdb, yugaldedb, tidb, and even Google Spanner Everything that tells postgreesql exclusively or as an option. Oh, and you don’t have to build a new new database from withdrawal to achieve losses and replacement layer of storage postgress or good aurora or neon!
Ok, so postgres are awesome (and it’s likely not news for you), but why is such a long intro in a rebend notice? Because it’s not just a change, but also a great opportunity to reflect on what gel _is_ is exactly and where it fits the postgres ekrossantem.
Where did Aurora and Neon replace the postgresql storage layer, Gel replaced the
Fronten layer. To be stressful, the gel of postgres is what JavaScript type, and our business is that we write intelligent gatherers for data scaras and questions in postgres smooth.
Here is a significant point: TypeCript is very successful in the first adoption because it provides full volatility to Vanilla JS and allows for adding adoption. On the other hand, history history requires a complete purchase. We’ve changed it now.
In Gel 6.0 we introduce full support for SQL-not only postgresql protocol mode, but natives are in the gel protocol too! In addition, gel is now fully supported by drizzle (thanks, guy!). Guides will soon be available soon how to use prism and sqlalchemy gel.
What does this mean for the future of gel? Many centers, more postgres, more involved in ecosystem.
OK, a quick Q & A to change again.
Why is rebrand?
clarity
The name “edgedb” is cool, but it brings a misconception. The “edge” leads some believe that we are an edge computation in the database or a pure graph database – if indeed, not yet Edgedbb.
simplicity
We want a short thing, memorable, and frictionless. Gel is easy to say, easy to type, and, most importantly, which is on how we can see our platform: flexible, cohesive, and built to meet the software with databases smoothly.
What is the change (and what’s not)?
Nothing changes from the name, we have the same company, the same team, the same mission.
All tools and libraries are already available under the new name (just replaced edgedb
OTHERS gel
). For approval we are shims shims, symlinks and transition packages under the old name, so there is nothing to break.
This week’s release of the week, watch out for some cooler notifications from our corner!
If you are new to the gel, the 1.0 Release Notification
Still gives a very good view of what we build and why.
Test the Gel 6.0 version of Gel Cloud today.
If you have any questions, please
Abot And we’re happy to help.
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2025-02-26 00:47:00