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Dev tools · February 3, 2026

ErwinDB, a TUI to view 7k Stack Overflow answers by Postgres expert

Erwin Brandstetter is a PostgreSQL consultant with ~670k reputation and ~7k answers on Stack Overflow. Over the years, I've lost count of how often I've searched Stack Overflow for a Postgres question and ended up with an answer by Erwin Brandstetter that was exceptionally thorough and clear. I've become a better developer by learning from his responses. ErwinDB lets you browse Erwin Brandstetter's answers offline and search them quickly from a TUI. It includes semantic search, syntax highlighting, one-key opening of links in your external browser, and an "Erwin mode" that prominently…

ErwinDB, a TUI to view 7k Stack Overflow answers by Postgres expert launched on February 3, 2026 with 5 votes, #1,882 of 16,627 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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TUI for exploring Erwin Brandstetter's Stack Overflow answers - ahacop/erwindb

A TUI for browsing Erwin Brandstetter's Stack Overflow Q&A content. Erwin Brandstetter is a PostgreSQL consultant with ~670k reputation and ~7k answers on Stack Overflow. I’ve lost count of how often a PostgreSQL search has brought me to an Erwin Brandstetter response on Stack Overflow. His answers are reliably thorough and exceptionally clear, and studying them has played a meaningful role in my development as an engineer. ErwinDB lets you browse Erwin Brandstetter's answers offline and search them quickly from a TUI. It includes semantic search, syntax highlighting, one-key opening of links in your external browser, and an "Erwin mode" that prominently highlights hisfrom github.com

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Erwin Brandstetter is a PostgreSQL consultant with ~670k reputation and ~7k answers on Stack Overflow. Over the years, I've lost count of how often I've searched Stack Overflow for a Postgres question and ended up with an answer by Erwin Brandstetter that was exceptionally thorough and clear. I've become a better…

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