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The git and diff is top notch. Then there is the DataGrip stuff, I use it all the time. And the HTTP client (.http files!) is also good. It has built in scripting. Notice here that none of these activities is writing code. This enhances the understanding of what I am building with the agents. I\u2019m sure the lazy dev will just skip this and will never see any of this, jus", "context": "", "use_case": "database work", "switched_from": "", "story": "ThinkRail from JetBrains"}, {"id": 776432624, "item_id": 48527039, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48527039", "by": "estetlinus", "date": "2026-06-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "VSC with dbt Fusion, or Datagrip maybe?", "excerpt": "VSC with dbt Fusion, or Datagrip maybe? I used SQL workbench once and it felt like a time capsule. 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Most of the tools I write now are bridges to various SaaS products that have APIs but no CLIs.", "context": "", "use_case": "SQL client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI"}, {"id": 770971457, "item_id": 48185716, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185716", "by": "upmostly", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Their products are really, really slow.", "excerpt": "We're building a product [1] to compete with DataGrip, a JetBrains product. Many people told us we were crazy to compete with such a mature product as DataGrip before we got started. It has been fascinating to speak to people who use database apps and to learn about their experiences. 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I have been using DataGrip in the past, it is heavy. Then started to take a look at DBPro, it's much lighter in terms of UI, but again costs a lot of RAM due to electron usage and I have noticed a few issues there in terms of performance and capabilities. Overall, from what I've tried, it's a nice project. It's a bit unfair to compare, but it lacks a things I'd need to switch from DataGrip. I hope", "context": "", "use_case": "database client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: TablePro \u2013 open-source native database client for macOS"}, {"id": 803524513, "item_id": 50220282, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50220282", "by": "bni", "date": "2026-10-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Then there is the DataGrip stuff, I use it all the time.", "excerpt": "IntelliJ is excellent for doing the code review. The git and diff is top notch. Then there is the DataGrip stuff, I use it all the time. And the HTTP client (.http files!) is also good. It has built in scripting. Notice here that none of these activities is writing code. This enhances the understanding of what I am building with the agents. I\u2019m sure the lazy dev will just skip this and will never see any of this, jus", "context": "", "use_case": "database work", "switched_from": "", "story": "ThinkRail from JetBrains"}, {"id": 799694897, "item_id": 49980931, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49980931", "by": "edarchis", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the quality of the tool has gone down the drain", "excerpt": "After decades of being happy for my JetBrain, I cancelled my all productssubscription this week. I find that the quality of the tool has gone down the drain. I replaced Datagrip with TablePlus and I don't really need Pycharm, IDEA that much anymore. Recently, I kept complaining about it not working properly. To give one example, the connections over SSH suck and regularly force me to restart the app. I makes me sad. 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I used SQL workbench once and it felt like a time capsule. It was impossible to navigate without mouse.", "context": "", "use_case": "database workbench", "switched_from": "", "story": "Free SQL\u2192ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploaded"}, {"id": 775242561, "item_id": 48452660, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452660", "by": "keithnz", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "DataGrip (which is really slow)", "excerpt": "I wrote a tui sql client to replace DataGrip (which is really slow). https://github.com/keithn/sql It's quite customized to what I wanted, I haven't really checked it works with other things.... only thing is, I don't really use it much anymore, I just get claude to do all my querying. Most of the tools I write now are bridges to various SaaS products that have APIs but no CLIs.", "context": "", "use_case": "SQL client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI"}, {"id": 770971457, "item_id": 48185716, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185716", "by": "upmostly", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Their products are really, really slow.", "excerpt": "We're building a product [1] to compete with DataGrip, a JetBrains product. Many people told us we were crazy to compete with such a mature product as DataGrip before we got started. It has been fascinating to speak to people who use database apps and to learn about their experiences. Now, we have many, many customers telling us that they have cancelled their DataGrip/JetBrains sub and have switched to using our prod", "context": "building a competing product", "use_case": "database client", "switched_from": "", "story": "No More JetBrains Products for Me"}, {"id": 757989745, "item_id": 47374359, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47374359", "by": "keithnz", "date": "2026-03-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used datagrip for that... Now I'm writing my own tui sql tool", "excerpt": "vim (neovim these days) for me is my text editor I use to look at code when dealing with AI, more often than not I'm working on a bug list as I test things. I haven't opened my IDE (Jetbrains tools) for nearly 2 weeks now. Only thing I often want is to be able to run sql queries, I used datagrip for that... Now I'm writing my own tui sql tool that is lightning quick and has most of the features I like from data grip,", "context": "", "use_case": "running SQL queries", "switched_from": "", "story": "Emacs and Vim in the Age of AI"}, {"id": 744822017, "item_id": 46551376, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46551376", "by": "robowo", "date": "2026-01-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "mostly in DataGrip but its not great", "excerpt": "This looks cool and it hits a niche. There are suprisingly few good IDEs for DB work. I use DuckDB a lot for analytics tasks mostly in DataGrip but its not great. The alternatives like DBeaver are ok but not that great as well.", "context": "", "use_case": "DB IDE for DuckDB", "switched_from": "", "story": "SQL Studio"}, {"id": 737608065, "item_id": 46100504, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100504", "by": "japborst", "date": "2025-11-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Datagrip, but no free version.", "excerpt": "Love this! Finally something happening in this space. dbeaver was the best, but it's so so ugly and old. I love Datagrip, but no free version. Please have good formatting of SQL queries - like Datagrip. Very little open source SQL formatters out there, so might require something custom. And very much waiting for Snowflake support (incl. OAuth)", "context": "", "use_case": "database client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: DB Pro \u2013 A Modern Desktop Client for Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and LibSQL"}]}