--- title: Supabase Beta December 2023 description: A Launch Week X rundown with all the fantastic goodies we shipped author: ant_wilson date: '2024-01-05' tags: - release-notes categories: - product --- Happy New Year! We concluded 2023 with [Launch Week X](/launch-week). Here's a rundown of all the fantastic goodies we shipped... now, let the building commence! ## Day 1 - Supabase Studio: AI Assistant and User Impersonation ![Day 1 - Supabase Studio: AI Assistant and User Impersonation](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/dec2023/lw-digest-1.png) Supabase Studio received a major update that reflects our commitment to a SQL-first approach and user-centric development. Awesome features like easy RLS policies with an AI assistant, Postgres Roles, User Impersonation, and much more. - [Blog post](/blog/studio-introducing-assistant) - [Video announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu2SQjvCXIw) Day 2 - [Edge Functions](/docs/guides/functions): Node and native npm compatibility ![Day 2 - Edge Functions: Node and native npm compatibility](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/dec2023/lw-digest%202.png) Edge Functions now natively supports npm modules and Node built-in APIs. You can directly import millions of popular, commonly used npm modules into your Edge Functions. - [Blog post](/blog/edge-functions-node-npm) - [Video announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCbiywoDORw) ## Day 3 - Supabase Branching ![Day 3 - Supabase Branching](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/dec2023/lw-digest-3.png) A Postgres database for every GitHub branch 🤝. Database branching means you can have separate database instances for each feature of your application. - [Blog post](/blog/supabase-branching) - [Video announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peXKxavGnBo) ## Day 4 - Supabase Auth: Identity Linking, Hooks, and HaveIBeenPwned integration ![Day 4 - Supabase Auth: Identity Linking, Hooks, and HaveIBeenPwned integration](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/dec2023/lw-digest-4.png) We announced several new features for [Supabase Auth](/auth): Identity Linking, Session Control, Leaked Password Protection, and Auth Hooks with Postgres functions. - [Blog post](/blog/supabase-auth-identity-linking-hooks) - [Video announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF8GABnAFyE) ## Day 5 - Introducing Read Replicas ![](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/dec2023/lw-digest-5.png) This is a huge one for anyone wanting to serve data closer to the users or distribute loads across multiple databases. Learn how we implemented [Read Replicas](/docs/guides/platform/read-replicas) and how to use them in your projects. - [Blog post](/blog/introducing-read-replicas) - [Video announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX3R1fXjJ2M) ## Launch Week X Hackathon Winners ![Launch Week X Hackathon Winners](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/dec2023/launch-week-x-hackathon-winners.png) Going through all 64 projects was cool, the most submissions we've ever had. Picking a winner was a bit tricky though, the quality was impressive. In the end, we chose [Supafork](https://github.com/chroxify/supafork) as the winner of the Best Overall project 👏. Created by [Christo](https://twitter.com/0xChroxify), SupaFork is inspired by Vercel's Deploy button and it allows an easier setup for self-hosted apps using Supabase. [Full list of winners](/blog/launch-week-x-hackathon-winners) | [All the submissions](https://www.madewithsupabase.com/hackathons/launch-week-x) ## Moarrr LWX As if all that wasn't enough, we shipped even more cool stuff: - [Fly Postgres, managed by Supabase](/blog/postgres-on-fly-by-supabase) - [Supabase Libraries V2: Python, Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, and Typescript](/blog/client-libraries-v2) - [Supavisor 1.0: a scalable connection pooler for Postgres](/blog/supavisor-postgres-connection-pooler) - [Postgres Language Server: implementing the Parser](/blog/postgres-language-server-implementing-parser) - [Supabase Grafana](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-grafana) - [Supabase Wrappers v0.2: Query Pushdown & Remote Subqueries](/blog/supabase-wrappers-v02) - [PostgREST 12](/blog/postgrest-12) - [pg\_graphql: Postgres functions now supported](/blog/pg-graphql-postgres-functions) - [The Supabase Album](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1POD-IdG-I) - [How design works at Supabase](/blog/how-design-works-at-supabase) - [Master thread with all our traditional Twitter Spaces](https://twitter.com/supabase/status/1734190040413061583) - [Top 10 Launches of LWX (plus cool things from the community](/blog/launch-week-x-best-launches) ## Extended community highlights ![Community Highlights](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/november2023/nov9.png) - Supabase Security with our Head of Product and Engineering. \[[Podcast](https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2023/12/20/supabase-security-with-inian-parameshwaran/)] - Creating a RAG chatbot with Supabase, OpenAI, Python & Langchain. \[[Tutorial](https://ayeshasahar.hashnode.dev/creating-a-rag-chatbot-with-supabase-openai-python-langchain)] - Building an AI powered WebGL experience with Supabase and React Three Fiber. \[[Tutorial](https://dev.to/laznic/building-an-ai-powered-webgl-experience-with-supabase-and-react-three-fiber-3dfn)] - Connect your Streamlit apps to Supabase. \[[Tutorial](https://blog.streamlit.io/connect-your-streamlit-apps-to-supabase/)] - Your Complete Guide To Next.js Authentication With Supabase. \[[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhXjHGklaZc)] - Supabase Launch Week X with Jon Meyers. \[[Podcast](https://podrocket.logrocket.com/supabase-launch-week-x-jon-meyers)] - Integrating Comments in a Next.js Blog with Supabase and Slack. \[[Article](https://prismic.io/blog/nextjs-supabase-tutorial)] - Exploring Supabase Realtime By Building a Game. \[[Tutorial](https://www.aleksandra.codes/supabase-game)] - The Commit Podcast, Ep 3 - Supabase, Postgres, AI, and Launch Weeks with Paul Copplestone. \[[Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLaKO1MIhNI)] - Logging with Python and Supabase: A Practical Guide. \[[Article](https://medium.com/@goncalo.baiao/logging-with-python-and-supabase-a-practical-guide-6b541c453073)] - How I build my real-time voting app with Next.js and Supabase ⚡️. \[[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syrjdkU5POo)] - Multi-User Note App with Supabase Realtime. \[[Article](https://blog.kirillinoz.com/multi-user-note-app-with-supabase-realtime)] ## We’re Hiring Come join one of the fastest-growing open source projects ever 🤗 - [Customer Solution Architect](https://boards.greenhouse.io/supabase/jobs/5027144004) - [Platform Engineer (Postgres team)](https://boards.greenhouse.io/supabase/jobs/5011466004) - [Support Engineers across all timezones](/careers#positions) ## ⚠️ Baking hot meme zone ⚠️ And you just wait for LW11 ![Launch Week X Meme](https://obuldanrptloktxcffvn.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/marketing-emails/dec2023/lwx%20meme.png) See you next month!