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I like the look of this. It's amazing how nothing ever really grew to fill the void Access/FileMaker pro left - yeah I know they're still around but barely used.

Also, and off-topic, but I wish PostgreSQL had some official 'test' databases that people could download to learn SQL with, Northwind-style.

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Not exactly what you're looking for, but Splitgraph [3] has some solid datasets you can mess with.

Also, seekwell [0] might be able to fill that void depending on your use case and we're rapidly making improvements. So far we have highly customizable Forms [1] and editable tables [2] which you can add to a dashboard and expose to non-technical people on your team. We have a company with over 100 people in sales and operations using this daily. Supports Postgres, MySQL, Snowflake and SQL Server.

0 - https://seekwell.io/

1 - https://www.notion.so/Forms-6c37026024db4f7a8b149f5bd38d7cf5

2 - https://www.notion.so/Parameters-e18b84a0e07d42ba981a449e2e5....

3 - https://www.splitgraph.com/

Well, there is Chinook ( https://github.com/lerocha/chinook-database ) which was inspired by Northwinds, available for most popular RDBMSs. I used it to teach an intro to SQL course. It has some issues, but that's to be expected (and probably ideal for real-world considerations).

Thanks for the kind words! I've been building database client GUIs since the old Delphi days in the late 90s. There's so much about those RAD tools that I miss.

After many years of building custom web applications for employers and clients, I wanted to build a tool that does the regular (and always required) data entry parts of the application for you ... Instead of always having to start from scratch on each new project.

After many months of hard work, it's a pleasure to release DataSpeeder. Thanks again for the nice comment!

@DataSpeeder | www.dataspeeder.com

pgexercises.com comes pretty close to that test db.

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