Today I extended an existing tool that generates your table definitions as YAML by inspecting your PostgreSQL db using Pyrseas.
It’s a very minimal install. My addition was to make it work with only need Docker, and optionally Fish Shell in case you want to take advantage of a convenience script I made.
Head over to the GitHub repository if you’re interested.
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Hi there reader! My name is Darren and I write about technology, learning, and gaming for mid to senior level software engineers. I love learning and finding lessons (and mistakes) in things that I do.
Sharing what we learn enables us to encourage, uplift, and empower the next set of engineering problem solvers. Writing them down also reminds me to seal the lesson in and not forget them!
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