Sapphire Builds.
A Postgres client, a Docker desktop app, a webhook replay engine: one open-source dev tool after another, each announced right here.
I’m Ruhama Bekele, a software engineering student and developer. This channel is where I share my journey.
Sapphire Builds. is a build log where developer tools get announced and shipped in public. DBStudio, an AI-powered workspace for databases, went live in February 2026, and from late August came a run of open-source releases, from a Docker desktop client to a Go video-transcoding platform. Between launches come a TanStack DB write-up, advice on getting hired, and plenty of jokes.
- 50 consecutive weeks with at least one post, and counting.
- Averages 40.8 posts a week lately.
- The most-used word on the channel: "people".
The journey.
- Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
The 2025 roll call
The channel closed out 2025 with a roll call of builds: client apps like an AR e-commerce app and a ride-hailing app, plus personal projects such as SkillSwap and flow. The list ended with a teaser that the grand project would be launching soon. January 2026 opened with a newly built hymn app at wdase.com.
Sources#999#1033 - Feb – May 2026
DBStudio goes live
DBStudio, an AI-powered database workspace with a CLI that bridges local databases to the cloud, went live in February 2026. In May the channel took on the CodeCrafters build-your-own-git challenge in TypeScript to give DBStudio full version control, implementing only the git features relevant to it.
Sources#1245#1612#1668 - Aug – Sep 2026
Open-source launch spree
Late August brought three open-source releases in a single week: Docklet for Docker, DBStudio Lite for PostgreSQL and Hooklet for webhooks. Mid-September added Vortex, a distributed video-transcoding platform in pure Go, followed by a promised livestream about it.
Sources#2184#2214#2225#2367 - Oct 2026
Visual runtimes and P2P relays
October brought Vitra, an open-source visual runtime and version control system for UIs, and v0.2.4 added the VitraBench benchmark two days later. DBStudio Lite v0.2.0 introduced one-click peer-to-peer database sharing, and a follow-up let peers connect across different networks using go-iroh.
Sources#2484#2502#2558#2574
Building now.
DBStudio Lite
Launchedv0.2.0 added one-click peer-to-peer database sharing, and a follow-up update lets peers connect across different networks via go-iroh.
Desktop version of DBStudio, first released as v0.1.0 in Aug 2026.
Vitra
Launchedv0.2.4 shipped VitraBench, a built-in benchmark that grades how well AI models handle real design tasks.
- DBStudio
AI-powered web workspace for managing local and remote databases, with a CLI agent that securely bridges local databases to the cloud.
Went live Feb 2026; later joined by a desktop version, DBStudio Lite.
Launched6 postsFeb 2026 – Oct 2026– - Vortex
Open-source distributed video transcoding and streaming platform in Go that segments video into multi-bitrate HLS playlists.
Launched2 postsSep 2026– - Docklet
Lightweight open-source desktop client for managing Docker containers and images locally, with real-time system metrics.
Launched2 postsAug 2026Visit - Hooklet
Self-hosted, open-source tool for capturing, inspecting and replaying webhooks locally, built with Go and embedded SQLite.
Launched1 postsAug 2026– - ውዳሴ ዘኦርቶዶክስ
Orthodox hymn (mezmur) app with 3000+ hymns from 200+ singers, holiday hymns, and songs in languages like Affaan Oromo and Tigrinya.
Launched1 postsJan 2026Visit - flow
Personal project built with Next.js and other tools; the posts don't describe what it does.
Quiet lately2 postsDec 2025 – Apr 2026– - SkillSwap
Personal project built with the MERN stack in 2025; the posts don't describe what it does.
Quiet lately1 postsDec 2025–
Start here.
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The DBStudio launch: an AI-powered workspace for local and remote databases, plus a CLI that bridges local databases to the cloud.
Introducing DBStudio: A modern, AI-powered workspace for your data I'm excited to finally share what we've been building. DBStudio is officially live. We built...
Feb 11, 20267.5K views - 02
Docklet v0.0.1 kicks off the late-August run of open-source releases.
Announcing Docklet v0.0.1: A Lightweight Desktop Client for Docker I built Docklet, an open-source desktop application designed to provide a fast, minimal inte...
Aug 27, 20265.7K views - 03
Vitra, a visual runtime and version control system for UIs that AI agents can work with over MCP.
Announcing Vitra v0.2.3: The Universal Visual Runtime & Spatial Version Control Engine I built Vitra, an open-source visual runtime, deterministic layout engin...
Oct 10, 20263K views - 04
An honest look at why the web DBStudio's tunnel was a bit insecure and how the desktop version switched to P2P relaying.
A mistake i made on the web version of dbstudio was i completely relied on a tunnel that made the db accessible outside of the host computer which is a bit inse...
Oct 19, 2026285 views - 05
Part 1 of a series on getting hired: know why you're applying, and don't lie on your resume.
How to be the ideal candidate series Part 1 If you wanna get hired, you need to make things easier for the recruiter. How? 1. Discuss why you're applying with...
Aug 10, 2026616 views
In their own words.
then dbstudio came and i faced it head on though i didnt know anything on how to make a dev tool
You will never have enough knowledge to start a project, but after you finish it, you will have the knowledge to make it.
Fresh from the channel.
I am genuinely having fun building my current project really excited to show yall when I finish it up. But can anyone guess what it is? :)
I finally got to fall asleep to the sound of rain after a loooong time. 😭
When we see the daylight of a new morning, it's a sign to try again, another chance God has given us to do things one more time and keep pushing forward. It's almost as if God believes that someday, we'll make it, and that's why He keeps gi...
why is X's chat so confusing
good or nah? nvm the placeholder text😂
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