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Tutorials6 min read

How to Edit Production PostgreSQL Data Without Sweating: Staged Commits in SQL Studio

A hand-written UPDATE against production is the scariest query you will run all week. This walkthrough shows how SQL Studio's staged editing model takes the fear out of it: read-only by default, pending changes you can review, one atomic commit, explicit NULL vs DEFAULT, typed confirmation for drops, and an audit log of everything.

Adrian Silaghi688 views
Comparisons7 min read

Do You Still Need a Desktop Database Client? SQL Studio vs TablePlus, pgAdmin and DBeaver

TablePlus, pgAdmin and DBeaver are excellent tools — but for a managed PostgreSQL database, a desktop client means installing software, copying credentials around, and paying per seat for the polished options. Here is an honest look at when DanubeData's built-in SQL Studio replaces the desktop client, and when it does not.

Adrian Silaghi828 views
Databases6 min read

Introducing SQL Studio: Your PostgreSQL Database, Right in the Browser

Every managed PostgreSQL database on DanubeData now ships with SQL Studio — a full data studio in your dashboard. Browse and filter tables, edit rows with staged transactional commits, run SQL with a read-only safe mode, build tables visually, and map your schema as a live ER diagram. No client to install, no credentials to copy, no extra cost.

Adrian Silaghi619 views
Company6 min read

Price adjustment effective July 1, 2026

An unfortunate, but necessary price change. Effective 1 July 2026, we are adjusting prices across most of the DanubeData catalog. The change applies to both new orders and to the resources you already have. Sustained cost pressure across components, power, and leased infrastructure has reached the point where we can no longer hold our current prices. The complete list of changes is below.

Adrian Silaghi1,367 views
Engineering12 min read

Incident review — S3 object storage instability, April 30 2026

On April 30 2026, our S3 object storage service experienced intermittent disruptions over a six-hour window. A faulty 10 Gigabit network card on a newly added storage server triggered repeated kernel watchdog reboots. Here is what happened, what our diagnosis got wrong on multiple occasions, and what we are changing as a result.

Adrian Silaghi1,020 views
DevOps14 min read

Self-Hosted GitHub Actions Runners on VPS: Cost-Savings & Setup Guide (2026)

Cut your GitHub Actions bill to almost nothing, remove the 6-hour job timeout, and get 4x the CPU power by running self-hosted runners on a DanubeData VPS. Full 2026 setup guide with security hardening, autoscaling, and actions-runner-controller (ARC) on Kubernetes.

Adrian Silaghi2,057 views

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