This book is your complete roadmap to mastering Supabase, the open-source Firebase alternative that's revolutionizing how developers build modern applications. You'll start by setting up your first Supabase project and progress through building real-world applications that showcase the platform's full capabilities—from authentication and real-time subscriptions to AI-powered vector search and edge functions. The book emphasizes practical implementation with a 60/40 split between hosted and self-hosted deployments, ensuring you can choose the best approach for your needs. Through hands-on Python and TypeScript examples, you'll build everything from a real-time chat application to an AI-powered knowledge base, learning best practices for security, performance, and scalability along the way. By the end, you'll have the expertise to leverage Supabase's entire ecosystem—whether you're a solo developer shipping your first SaaS or an enterprise team building mission-critical applications.
Chapter 1: Why Supabase? Powering the Next Generation of Open-Source Backends