Supabase: what's new in September 2021
Tags: hacktoberfest, firebase, javascript, postgres
Published: 2021-10-05 09:22:15


Did you know it's been 2 years since the [first commit](https://github.com/supabase/realtime/commit/175f649784147af80acfc9ff5be9d160285c76ea) to Realtime, our real-time engine for Postgres? Before we even existed as a company! 
We spent this month improving docs and content content, improving UX, and [onboarding Developer Advocates](https://twitter.com/thorwebdev/status/1441041268411277322)!



![release-sept-2021](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901469-77c45924-56f0-49ad-ab92-914d17e2a7f7.jpg)










## Hackathon v2

To kick off [Hacktoberfest](https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/), another Supabase Hackathon is happening [right now](https://supabase.io/blog/2021/09/28/supabase-hacktoberfest-hackathon-2021). You've got another 7 days to be in to win a limited edition t-shirt. 

![hacktober](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901455-51e87e99-13b6-42dc-ac18-5a09c95f8c52.png)

## Abort Requests

We added support for [AbortController](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController) in our Javascript library so that you can abort long-running queries. [[Docs](https://supabase.io/docs/reference/javascript/select#aborting-requests-in-flight)]

<img width="800" alt="Supabase_abort_requests" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901474-83e4d0d2-0846-4445-8c51-2c9af3ca5413.png">

## Improved table management

We've made a number of changes to the Dashboard to expose some great features of PostgreSQL including:

### Column types

We've improved the column Type field so that it supports your [custom types](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createtype.html).


![types](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901485-986106b5-5182-45a3-bc62-e7faa64f6b7e.png)



### Is Unique

We've made it simple to add a unique constraint.

![is-unique](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901461-245fd635-5aca-4589-ac03-a2b0807899f5.png)

### Edit columns

By popular request, you can now view all columns in a table at a glance and edit them in bulk.


![edit-columns](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901451-87b7d91a-639c-427d-9fec-777951bcc7d3.png)


## Cross-schema relationships

We updated our [grid](https://github.com/supabase/grid) to support relationships across multiple schemas.

![relationships](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901463-1ba0d27d-d431-41d5-bd9a-42304480e840.png)

## Improved Auth Docs

We've revamped the Auth docs - The docs are now broken down into [Authentication](https://supabase.io/docs/guides/auth/auth-apple) and [Authorization](https://supabase.io/docs/guides/auth/row-level-security), and organized alongside our [Deep Dive](https://supabase.io/docs/learn/auth-deep-dive/auth-deep-dive-jwts) series.


<img width="800" alt="auth-docs" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901440-e335a99f-7ee5-4dda-8cee-0b689c5cb311.png">

## Low Code demo

Low Code demo, Using Supabase with [Clutch.io](http://clutch.io/) - [@_dijonmusters](https://twitter.com/_dijonmusters) ran a [session at General Assembly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=642&v=5fsKMTeBKKY) showing how to use these two tools together to create apps using a low code approach. 

https://youtu.be/5fsKMTeBKKY


## Community

There was a lot of new content this month.

### Videos

- How I built the #10 product in 30 days - [Gary Tokman [video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS1myTKJBR4)
- Github OAuth flow with Supabase + React - [Nader Dabit [video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSqTzZk9UMg)
- The Best Stack for Web Developers - [Christopher Kapic [video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2s_87QkPEI)
- Flutter + Supabase Course - [Abhishvek [video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjVG6QtUYw4)
- React Native Mobile Auth - [Aaron Saunders [video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBuB-Q6vHDE)
- Self Hosting Supabase - [Kelvin Pompey [video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCqta43JHkU)
- Teta Flutter Frontend builder - [Teta Team [product]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rooTglpUuvE)
- Magic Link + Route Controls in Next.js - [Nader Dabit [Video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXWImFqsQF4)
- Supabase in 6 minutes - [Nader Dabit [video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogEitL8RwtQ)

### Twitter

We hit 16.5k followers. [Follow us](https://twitter.com/supabase/status/1441428275176247302) there for advance frontend tips and 👁️⚡👁️


<img width="800" alt="twitter" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901479-91226fcc-4c25-4c8f-be62-761d5d500b1d.png">

### GitHub

Not far from 20K stars: [github.com/supabase/supabase](http://github.com/supabase/supabase)

<img width="800" alt="stars" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901472-6f4e2bd0-ba6a-4572-b77a-44dfc3c69675.png">

Source: [repository.surf/supabase](https://repository.surf/supabase)

### Discord

Our Discord is growing fast. Come hangout with 3500+ developers building on Supabase today: [discord.supabase.com](http://discord.supabase.com)

<img width="800" alt="discord" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901449-4cead844-d1c2-4226-941d-2525c2f745ef.png">

## Hiring

We're Hiring [SREs](https://about.supabase.com/careers/sre). We're fully remote and we love Open Source. [See open roles](https://about.supabase.com/careers). 

![hiring](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10214025/135901458-d6f601a5-45de-41a0-bcec-35dba385cd47.png)

## Coming Next

We're warming up for another Launch Week! Last time was "[Launch Week II: the SQL](https://supabase.io/blog/2021/07/22/supabase-launch-week-sql)". We're going to need another month to come up with a good pun again, so we'll aim for November.

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