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For more details on today's announcements, read the full blog post 👇

geldata.com/blog/gel-6-q...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That wraps up our launch week, but we're not done! Stay tuned for more announcements soon. Join our office hours to discuss all these new features:

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February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In-place upgrades: No more full dump and restore cycles for major version upgrades. Gel 6.0 compartmentalizes internal structures, allowing multiple versions to coexist without touching your data. Future upgrades will have minimal downtime.
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Query Performance Log: Track execution stats via sys::QueryStats. Tag queries with custom identifiers like `createClient().withQueryTag("myapp/feature")` and use our new UI to identify performance bottlenecks.
February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
All these improvements add up to one thing: Gel gives you the power of PostgreSQL with the developer experience of a modern programming language ✨

Full details: www.geldata.com/blog/gel-s-n...
Gel's new EdgeQL features and CLI workflows | Gel Blog
Today we'll focus on the new features that affect developing applications with Gel including changes to EdgeQL and new CLI project automation features.
www.geldata.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
⚡ New watch mode in the CLI! Now you can:

• Watch glob patterns and trigger commands
• Generate code when query files change
• Keep your schema and queries in sync automatically

Configure it all in your gel.toml file 👇
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
✨ Quality-of-life improvements:

• String interpolation: select '\(greeting), \(who)';
• Complex types like unions and intersections can now be used inline in more places
• More flexibility and expressiveness in your queries
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🪝 Introducing Hooks in the CLI! Run scripts automatically responding to schema changes, branch switches, or project initialization.

Perfect for:
• Code generation when the schema changes
• Loading fixtures on initialization
• Running tests after schema updates
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
💪 EdgeQL just got more powerful! You can now use DML (insert, update, delete) in user-defined functions - a restriction finally lifted in Gel 6.0!
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
let us know what you're building! 👀
February 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Full details on our blog: www.geldata.com/blog/postgi...

Want to see it all in action? Jump into Gel Cloud right now: cloud.geldata.com

Stay tuned for Day 3 tomorrow... it's going to be 🔥
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🤖 Fresh AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic & Mistral:

• OpenAI o1-preview and o1-mini
• Pixtral-large-latest
• Ministral-8b-latest
• Codestral-latest

Plus remember: you can always add your own models without waiting for updates!
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🌐 Say hello to std::net - our new networking library!

• Async HTTP requests
• Perfect for webhooks, integrations, auditing
• Schedule requests with a single function call
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🔐 Auth lifecycle webhooks have arrived! You asked, we delivered.

• Custom emails for verification, password reset, etc.
• Perfect for matching your brand voice
• Works great with analytics & third-party integrations
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🗺️ PostGIS is HERE! One of our most requested features.

• Full geospatial support
• First-class integration with Gel's type system
• Native visualization for PostGIS geometries in our UI

Just run 👇
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🌐 Check out our new website: geldata.com

👀 Stay tuned for three more announcements this week!
Gel | Postgres Unchained
Gel is an open-source database designed to address ergonomic limitations of SQL and relational modeling, without sacrificing type safety or performance.
geldata.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
👩‍💻 Read our blog post learn about the first set of features we're announcing and a bit more about our rebrand:

www.geldata.com/blog/edgedb...
EdgeDB is now Gel and Postgres is the Future | Gel Blog
EdgeDB is now Gel. New identity, renewed focus on delivering the best PostgreSQL data platform in the world.
www.geldata.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🙋 Why the rename?

"Gel" is easy to say, easy to type, and it embodies how we see our platform: flexible and cohesive. "Edge" suggested we're for edge computing or a pure graph database, but we're neither.
February 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM