BackendFull-StackDatabasesTable-stakesAround since 2020
Supabase
An open-source backend-as-a-service built on PostgreSQL. It gives an app a database, user login, file storage and real-time updates without the team writing its own server. Often described as an open-source alternative to Firebase, and very popular with startups, indie developers and AI-built apps.
Think of it like
A furnished office with internet and reception already set up, so a startup can move in and start work on day one.
Junior or senior?
Gets a product running fast, so common in early-stage startups and prototypes.
Senior sounds like
Understands the PostgreSQL underneath and has written row-level security rules that control which users can see which data.
Ask them
“How did you control which users could read and change which rows of data?”