[swaraj]

I haven't used Codespaces, but how does this work with databases? A common problem we have during onboarding is getting your local database (MySQL) setup properly: run all the migrations => load some sample, de-identified, production-like data => update certain rows to allow for personal development (e.g. for our texting service, make sure you text your own phone number, instead of someone else's).

What's the workflow for this?

A related issue for us is being able to test another developer's pull request with database migrations without wiping out your current database state. Is there a Devpods workflow for this?

[ycrab]

If you can script your setup steps, you can also run it in a devcontainer, either by using docker-compose[1] to bake it into the workspace image or using lifecycle hooks to run some scripts after creating the workspace[2]

[1]http://blog.pamelafox.org/2022/11/running-postgresql-in-devc... [2]https://github.com/pascalbreuninger/devpod-react-server-comp...

[pistoriusp]

We've built www.snaplet.dev to introduce the exact workflow that you're describing. Unfortunately we're PostgreSQL only at the moment.

We give you a serverless PostgreSQL database per branch in your code. [via Neon.tech] Each time you branch your code we grab the latest snapshot of your production database which is de-identified and transformed [Transformations are via TypeScript] and a subset of the original.

If a coworker and yourself are coding against the same branch you're coding against the same database.

Your devs only run a single command `snaplet dev` and all this happens automatically in the background.

[swaraj]

This looks amazing, we have written a similar script for both our local dev dbs as well as our staging env. Would love MySQL support

[pistoriusp]

We'll add it as soon as we've found figured out the core experience, we're close. V1.0 is just around the corner, and then we'll add MySQL and SQLite.

[zoomzoom]

This exact workflow is why we have integrated Cloud IDE with full-stack branch preview (both of which know about database seed/migrations) at Coherence (withcoherence.com). [disclaimer - I’m a cofounder]. You can also integrate other seeding tools like snaplet, mentioned in a sibling comment here, which is an awesome solution to this problem!

Would be happy to discuss getting a PoC setup to see if it helps in your case, or to answer any questions, feel free to reach out