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Aug 23, 2026, 13:32·13 min read·#ai

Code generation was only the beginning. Software development is becoming a loop

Tabularis Web touched 1,040 files and moved a desktop database client behind a second transport. This is how I managed it as 48 verified tasks, and why AI development is moving from prompts toward loops.

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Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Aug 3, 2026, 19:00·1 min read

Installing Tabularis from the AUR, the Careful Way

After the malware wave that hit 200+ AUR packages, the Arch team temporarily disabled package adoption. Our tabularis-bin package is unaffected and still on the AUR, but a few of you asked how to install without going through an AUR helper. Here's how to build straight from our GitHub repo — and what to check in any PKGBUILD before you run it.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jul 10, 2026, 09:00·4 min read

Tabularis Joins the SignPath.io Open Source Program

Tabularis has been accepted into the SignPath.io open source program: a free code signing certificate from the SignPath Foundation for our Windows releases. Over the next few weeks we'll wire signing into the release pipeline — and then the days of telling users to click 'More info → Run anyway' are over.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jul 6, 2026, 09:00·2 min read

Tabularis Joins the JetBrains Open Source Program

JetBrains accepted Tabularis into its Open Source Support program and handed the maintainers a free All Products Pack — which means the editor we write Tabularis in is now, technically, invested in Tabularis existing.

Dominik SpitzliDominik Spitzli
Jun 29, 2026, 10:00·9 min read

Where Tabularis Keeps Its Secrets: Thank You, 1Password

An open-source project accumulates secrets like signing keys, certificates and deploy tokens, and they end up pasted across GitHub repo settings with no real story for rotation or audit. 1Password gives open-source projects a free plan, we qualified for it, and it's good enough to deserve a genuine thank-you. Here's why 1Password is a great secret manager for developers, and how we plan to move Tabularis' CI secrets into one vault and pull them into GitHub Actions with op:// references.

Dominik SpitzliDominik Spitzli
Jun 19, 2026, 10:00·9 min read

Translating Tabularis, the Right Way: Why We Chose Tolgee

Tabularis ships in 8 languages, but contributing a translation has meant editing raw JSON in a Git diff with no idea where the string lived. We've picked Tolgee to change that: open source, self-hostable, context-rich translating. Tolgee is also backing the project while we do it. Here's the honest why, and what's coming: community translations from the web, delivered over the air, with in-app translating as the long-term goal.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jun 19, 2026, 08:00·4 min read

Tabularis Joins the Vercel Open Source Program

Tabularis has been accepted into Vercel's Open Source Program for the Spring 2026 cohort. Twelve months of support for the site you're reading right now — which is open source, built with Next.js, and about to get a lot better.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jun 12, 2026, 10:00·3 min read

We Vibe-Coded a Database-Themed Platformer

We gave Fable 5 a single day and accidentally shipped a browser platformer themed entirely around Tabularis — three database worlds, boss mascots, hidden plugins. It's free, it's open source, and we're not game developers. If you are, let's build new worlds together.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jun 10, 2026, 10:00·7 min read

Fable 5 Opened a 1,800-Line PR on Tabularis in 30 Minutes

A Tabularis dev experiment: we asked Fable 5 to add a CLI to the app and went to make coffee. We came back to a draft PR — 1,800 lines of Rust, 37 tests, a refactor we'd have done ourselves, and two pre-existing bugs quietly fixed.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jun 5, 2026, 09:51·1 min read

Tabularis Wins a SourceForge Rising Star Award

SourceForge has recognized Tabularis with a Rising Star award — given to a select group of projects out of more than 500,000 for the downloads and engagement they've earned from the community. We're honored, and it belongs to all of you.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Jun 3, 2026, 15:34·4 min read

Your Database GUI Shouldn't Need an Account

A database client is the most credential-dense application on a developer's machine. Routing any part of it through a vendor account inverts the trust model — and you usually find out why that matters on the day the vendor pivots.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
May 20, 2026, 11:00·3 min read

Tabularis Is Now Backed by DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean has welcomed Tabularis into its Open Source Credits Program. A milestone for the project, a vote of confidence from one of the cloud providers that built its name on supporting developers, and a real boost for what comes next.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Apr 14, 2026, 09:00·11 min read

From 0 to 1,000 GitHub Stars: What I Learned in 10 Weeks

Tabularis crossed 1,000 GitHub stars in under three months. No marketing team, no growth hacks. Just a useful tool and a community that showed up. Here's what actually worked, what didn't, and what I'd do differently.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Mar 7, 2026, 12:00·4 min read

Tabularis Goes NoSQL: Redis Ships, MongoDB and ClickHouse Need You

The plugin ecosystem is growing beyond SQL. Two Redis drivers have already shipped thanks to community contributors. Now we need experts to push DuckDB, MongoDB, and ClickHouse across the finish line.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Feb 25, 2026, 12:57·3 min read

One Month In — and We're Just Getting Started

Tabularis was born on the night of January 25th. Today marks exactly one month. Here's what we built together — and what comes next.

Andrea DebernardiAndrea Debernardi
Feb 23, 2026, 12:00·2 min read
Release v0.9.0

Build Your Own Driver: Tabularis Gets a Plugin System

Supporting every database in the world is an impossible task for a small team. So we built a plugin system that lets anyone add a new database driver — in any language.

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