ng-signal-forms VS dbdev

With signals landing in Angular 16, I also plan to make them an integral part of the SPARTAN stack. @timdeschryver has created an amazing form library called ng-signal-forms that is completely driven by signals and already provides an absolutely amazing developer experience dealing with even the more complex scenarios we need to tackle in our real world applications. My goal is to integrate it into the current application to show how signals will transform Angular development in the future.

I didn't know about extension repositories like https://database.dev/. What less-known extensions are people here using? I'm curious because there might be extensions that simplify common tasks in ways I'm unaware of.

Before we begin, you'll need to install dbdev and pg_headerkit. dbdev is a PostgreSQL package manager provided by database.dev. It allows publishing libraries and applications for repeatable deployment in PostgreSQL, similar to npm for JavaScript, pip for Python, or cargo for Rust. With dbdev, you can manage and discover SQL packages, making it easier to extend and enhance your PostgreSQL projects.

Supabase just wrapped up their Launch Week 7 with a ton of incredible features. This includes an AI assistant that was added to their premium platform. It is aware of your database design and can help you when creating more complex SQL queries. I'm even more thrilled by their most recent releases of outstanding open source projects, such as the PostgreSQL package manager database.dev. dbdev serves the same purpose for PostgreSQL that npm does for JavaScript. It gives your PostgresSQL database incredibly easy access to packages that give your DB superpowers like full-text search or one-time-only-read data access à la Snapchat. The best thing is that dbdev can load any PostgreSQL instance that has the required fundamental extensions, independent of the Supabase platform. Again, the code is open source. I can't wait to see where this project goes in the future, and I have no doubt that we will soon be able to utilize a lot more fantastic libraries. Like Brandon Roberts puts it: