GETadb
Shares rank 13 of 15 managed databases by recommenders
Recommended for letting agents deploy a full backend quickly with near-zero setup. Critics say GET creating databases breaks method safety and risks collisions.
Recommended for letting agents deploy a full backend quickly with near-zero setup. Critics say GET creating databases breaks method safety and risks collisions.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Lets agents deploy full backends
“agents can actually deploy a full backend with their credentials”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Show HN: GETadb.com – every GET request creates a DB” “it's easier to get agents to build you full stack apps”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Show HN: GETadb.com – every GET request creates a DB”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Security concerns with GET side effects
“give your LLM a URL and tell it to follow the instructions there?”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Show HN: GETadb.com – every GET request creates a DB” “The GET request method is supposed to be safe.”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Show HN: GETadb.com – every GET request creates a DB”
Other managed databases people recommend
The four most recommended other managed databases, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon RDS | 50 | 43 | 54% | 11 | — | — |
| Neon Postgres | 48 | 10 | 83% | 12 | — | Approved |
| DynamoDB | 46 | 31 | 60% | 11 | — | — |
| Cloudflare D1 | 36 | 30 | 55% | 10 | — | — |
| GETadbThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Why would one ever reach for this bespoke database tech”
“I’ve tried this and I like it.”
“LLMs are terrible at this. If you are relying on this to prevent collisions, it will fail badly.”
“a tool like GETadb can be helpful”
“it's really nice when time to hello world is near zero”
“The GET request method is supposed to be safe.”
“give your LLM a URL and tell it to follow the instructions there?”
“agents can actually deploy a full backend with their credentials”
“it's easier to get agents to build you full stack apps”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.