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Work · December 16, 2023

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Sqlauthz: Declarative permissions management for PostgreSQL

I've been working on a little project recently to solve a problem that I've encountered at every job I've ever had, and I'm eager for some feedback. Having super granular roles & permissions in PostgreSQL is desirable, but quite difficult to maintain (particularly at smaller companies without dedicated security/devops/DBA/whatever who make it their business to maintain it). I've thought for a while that having a declarative way to manage them would be really useful and allow more teams to actually make use of sophisticated security features that PostgreSQL offers in their…

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Sqlauthz is a permissions management tool for PostgreSQL that uses declarative rules written in the Polar authorization language. It enables teams to define and maintain granular roles and permissions without requiring dedicated security or database administration staff. The tool makes PostgreSQL's sophisticated security features more accessible and practical for smaller organizations by simplifying how permissions are configured and updated across production systems.

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I've been working on a little project recently to solve a problem that I've encountered at every job I've ever had, and I'm eager for some feedback. Having super granular roles & permissions in PostgreSQL is desirable, but quite difficult to maintain (particularly at smaller companies without dedicated security/devops/DBA/whatever who make it their business to maintain it). I've thought for a while that having a declarative way to manage them would be really useful and allow more teams to actually make use of sophisticated security features that PostgreSQL offers in their production systems. You can probably see where this is going... I wrote a tool to do just that! It's called sqlauthz, and it allows you to declarative manage your PostgreSQL permissions by writing rules in the Polar authorization language.

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