Database & Cache
Choose a speed-first backend, recognize its control limits and migrate in stages
A solo builder usually begins by buying speed: a managed backend removes database provisioning, authentication and operational work while product demand is still uncertain. The choice changes when workload control, portability or availability requirements exceed what the bundle exposes. Migration timing therefore depends on both recurring limits and an operator who can own the new responsibility. When that gate is met, separating the application API, database and attached services turns one risky cutover into staged changes.
Start here
- Deciding When to Leave Supabase — Decide whether control needs and operating capacity justify leaving the BaaS.
- Staging a Supabase Database Migration — Separate the API, PostgreSQL data and attached services before cutover.
- Supabase — Review the PostgreSQL BaaS at the center of both decisions.
Pages
- Deciding When to Leave Supabase — Bear_DBA's control-versus-capability exit checklist
- Staging a Supabase Database Migration — Bear_DBA's API-first, database-second, services-last sequence
- Supabase — PostgreSQL BaaS used for fast early CRUD and backend services
- Firebase — Google BaaS attached when a mobile MVP first needs persistent data
Gaps
- Verified current break-even costs across BaaS and managed PostgreSQL options
- A migration case with measured downtime, rollback and reconciliation results
- Backup, restore and incident-response procedures for a solo operator
- A source-backed comparison of relational and document-oriented BaaS choices