PostgreSQL course with database running in your browser
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I wanted to brush up my SQL skills and was looking for an online course that included a live DB.Most PostgreSQL courses require you to create an account or pay. This is probably because they have to bear the costs of running a full server-side database.So I created learnpg.xyz, a collection of PostgreSQL SQL exercises that run client side.Sharing here because it might be of use to people!
HN · launched Jul 19, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 71%) · 1 view
Niche: interactive coding education platforms · 134 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Data infrastructure
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes Open-source libraries like PGlite compile PostgreSQL to WebAssembly for client-side execution, making an interactive browser course a standard web development task.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 129 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #120 of 130 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 261 days after the earliest competitor.
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