Live Share: Connect to in-browser PGlite with any Postgres client

In case you missed it, database.build is an in-browser Postgres sandbox with AI assistance. You can spin up an unlimited number of Postgres databases and interact with them using natural language (via LLM). This is possible thanks to PGlite - a WASM build of Postgres that can run directly in the browser.

With database.build, simply describe what you would like to build and AI will help you scaffold your tables. You can also drag-and-drop CSVs to automatically generate tables based on their contents, then query them using regular SQL.

After creating a database on database.build, you can now tap its sidebar menu and choose Live Share. A unique Postgres connection string will appear which you can use to connect to the in-browser instance via any Postgres client.

You could, for example, copy-paste this connection string into psql. Once connected, you can interact with your in-browser PGlite instance as if it were any regular Postgres database.

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