--- title: Supabase Beta August 2021 description: >- Fundraising, Realtime Security, custom SMS templates, and deployments in South Korea. author: paul_copplestone date: '2021-09-10' tags: - release-notes categories: - product --- We've raised $30M and shipped a bunch of features. Let's dive into what's been happening at Supabase during the month of August. ### Quick recap Watch a recap of this month's release. ## We raised $30 million Hot off the press, we raised our Series A. We'll use the funds to do more of the same - ship features and hire open source developers. We'll release more details soon. Read more on [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/09/supabase-raises-30m-for-its-open-source-insta-backend/). ![Supabase Series A](/images/blog/2021-august/supabase-series-a.png) ## Realtime Security, codename: WALRUS If you've been waiting for Row Level Security to land in Postgres [subscriptions](/docs/reference/javascript/subscribe), then you're going to love our new repo: [Write Ahead Log Realtime Unified Security (WALRUS)](https://github.com/supabase/walrus). The name might be a bit forced, but the security design is deliberate. It's not in production yet, but we're making the repo public for comments using an [RFC process](https://github.com/supabase/walrus/blob/master/README.md#rfc-process). ![Realtime Security, codename: WALRUS](/images/blog/2021-august/walrus.jpg) ## Custom SMS templates If you're using SMS login in [Auth v2](/blog/2021/07/28/supabase-auth-passwordless-sms-login), you can now customize the SMS which is sent to your users. Read more in the [docs](/docs/guides/auth/phone-login/twilio#sms-custom-template). ![Custom SMS templates](/images/blog/2021-august/custom-sms.png) ## Dart and Flutter Docs Thanks entirely to [@dshukertjr](https://twitter.com/dshukertjr), we now have in-depth [reference Dart documentation](/docs/reference/dart/installing) for CRUD, Auth, Realtime and more! ![Dart and Flutter Docs](/images/blog/2021-august/supabase-flutter.jpg) ## We launched the South Korea region We added another region for those wanting to host their data and APIs in Seoul. We now have 12 regions to choose from ![We launched the South Korea Region](/images/blog/2021-august/south-korea.png) ## Table creation is even easier You can now create columns while creating your table. We've also added improvements for composite primary keys and foreign key creation. ![Table creation is even easier](/images/blog/2021-august/create-tables.png) ## Unbreakable CSV Imports Our previous importer would choke on CSV files which were too large. Not any more! ![Unbreakable CSV Imports](/images/blog/2021-august/csv-imports.png) ## Connection strings We now provide a handy copy utility for various database connection strings because we were so tired of looking them up on Stack Overflow. ![Caption](/images/blog/2021-august/connection-strings.png) ## We released a primer on Row Level Security RLS can be a bit foreign for developers getting started with Postgres. This video by [@\_dijonmusters](https://twitter.com/_dijonmusters) demystifies it. If you find the video a useful medium for learning, consider [subscribing to our channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/supabase). ## Community ### We had a community Hackathon We held a one-week async Hackathon. Check out [all the winners](/blog/hackathon-winners) - it was truly impressive what people were able to build in just 7 days. ![We had a community Hackathon](/images/blog/2021-august/hackathon.png) ### We had a team Hackathon The Supabase team didn't want to miss out on the fun so we held our own hackathon. It was a good way to dog food. Some notable projects include - [Supaflix](https://supaflix.vercel.app/) by [@abc3](https://twitter.com/abc3erl) \[[GitHub](https://github.com/abc3/supaflix)] - a Netflix clone build with Supabase - [Personal-Casts](https://github.com/inian/personal-casts) by [@everconfusedguy](https://twitter.com/everconfusedguy) \[[GitHub](https://github.com/inian/personal-casts)] - converts Youtube videos and articles into a personal podcast feed. - And it wouldn't be a Supabase hackathon without a high-effort meme entry. Check out [meme.town](http://meme.town) by [@Joshenlimek](https://twitter.com/joshenlimek) \[[GitHub](https://github.com/joshenlim/meme-maker)] ![We had a team Hackathon](/images/blog/2021-august/meme-town.png) ### GitHub Trending We hit 18,000 stars on GitHub, and got to the [top of GitHub trending](https://twitter.com/supabase/status/1435868863518760964) for Typescript. ![GitHub Trending](/images/blog/2021-august/github-stars.png) Source: [repository.surf/supabase](https://repository.surf/supabase) If you want to keep up to date, make sure you [subscribe to our YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/supabase) or [follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/supabase). ## Dependency contributions ### GoTrue (Auth) - HCaptcha - users can add captcha on their passwordless logins to prevent abuse [https://github.com/supabase/gotrue/pull/192](https://github.com/supabase/gotrue/pull/192) - Email change endpoint is fixed (sends out 2 emails, one to the old email and one to the new one) [https://github.com/supabase/gotrue/pull/132](https://github.com/supabase/gotrue/pull/132) ### PostgREST (APIs) - Allow a function with single unnamed parameter to be called with POST [https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest/issues/1735](https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest/issues/1735) ### pg\_net (Database Webhooks) - Better handling of URL errors [https://github.com/supabase/pg\_net/issues/39](https://github.com/supabase/pg_net/issues/39) ## Coming Next Last December we [moved from Alpha to Beta](/beta), with a focus on Security, Performance, and Reliability. After a couple of Launch Weeks pushing out new and sexy features, we have decided it's time to focus on these again. By the time we're done, Supabase will be production-ready for all use cases. ## Get started - Start using Supabase today: [supabase.com/dashboard](https://supabase.com/dashboard/) - Make sure to [star us on GitHub](https://github.com/supabase/supabase) - Follow us [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/supabase) - Subscribe to our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/supabase) - Become a [sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/supabase)