January 8, 2026
SQL Shook: Name wars & AI shade
SQL Studio
Built with love, dropped into name confusion, AI snark, and dashboard envy
TLDR: SQL Studio launches a simple, love-made database editor that lets you stage changes and starts with SQLite, Postgres, and SQL Server. Commenters split between praising the clear launch, warning the name looks like Microsoft’s tool, demanding compare/diff and dashboards, and asking if AI makes subscription DB apps unnecessary.
SQL Studio arrives with a made-with-love promise: edit table data directly, stage your changes until you hit commit, and start with SQLite, Postgres, and SQL Server, free forever with optional upgrades. The crowd? Loud. One camp cheers the vibe and clarity — neosat called the landing page “a rarity” in a world of vague hype and waitlist gimmicks. Another camp shrugs: resonious says they still run to Redash for easy shareable charts and alerts, even though its editor is horrible. Translation: pretty query windows are nice, but dashboards and alarms win.
Tool loyalists showed up too. atonse waved the Postico flag and begged for old-school magic like Red Gate’s database compare/diff that spits out migration scripts. Meanwhile, the biggest drama spike? The name. arrowleaf warned “expect a Microsoft lawyer” thanks to confusion with SQL Server Management Studio, adding they first assumed it was an official Microsoft product.
Then came the AI vs apps mic drop: reactordev asked if anyone even needs a subscription DB tool when “agents” can write queries and everything lives in code. So the thread devolved into a cage match: handcrafted editor love vs automation swagger, name panic vs indie charm, dashboards vs raw SQL, today.
Key Points
- •SQL Studio enables direct data modification in a table editor.
- •Users can add, duplicate, and delete rows within the interface.
- •Changes are staged and only applied after a commit.
- •Initial planned support includes SQLite, Postgres, and SQL Server.
- •A freemium model offers a free tier with optional upgrades for more features and dialects.