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Son Tran

Software engineer and indie founder with 15+ years of experience. Built Schemity: a native desktop ERD tool for developers who want their schema in Git, not someone else's cloud. Based in Hanoi, VN.

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The Data Dictionary Should Live in the ERD, Not in a Spreadsheet

The Data Dictionary Should Live in the ERD, Not in a Spreadsheet

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Schemity vs DbSchema: The Lightweight Alternative

Schemity vs DbSchema: The Lightweight Alternative

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8 min read
You Don't Need a Diagram of All 800 Tables

You Don't Need a Diagram of All 800 Tables

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Keeping Your ERD Updated Shouldn't Be a Second Job

Keeping Your ERD Updated Shouldn't Be a Second Job

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Switching ERD Tools Shouldn't Mean Starting Over

Switching ERD Tools Shouldn't Mean Starting Over

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ERD Tool Free-Tier Limits: 15-Table and 60-Object Caps Distort Models

ERD Tool Free-Tier Limits: 15-Table and 60-Object Caps Distort Models

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How to Keep ERD Relationship Lines Readable: Hops, Waypoints, Colors

How to Keep ERD Relationship Lines Readable: Hops, Waypoints, Colors

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AI ERD Design With Ollama: Schema Help That Never Leaves Your Machine

AI ERD Design With Ollama: Schema Help That Never Leaves Your Machine

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Supabase Studio and pgAdmin Won't Keep Your Schema Diagram Layout

Supabase Studio and pgAdmin Won't Keep Your Schema Diagram Layout

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Finding a Column Shouldn't Take a SQL Query

Finding a Column Shouldn't Take a SQL Query

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Your ERD Shouldn't Be Able to Just Disappear

Your ERD Shouldn't Be Able to Just Disappear

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Schemity vs ChartDB: The Offline Desktop Alternative

Schemity vs ChartDB: The Offline Desktop Alternative

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Entity Templates: How to Stop Schema Naming and Field-Order Drift

Entity Templates: How to Stop Schema Naming and Field-Order Drift

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Documenting Your Production Database Shouldn't Feel Dangerous

Documenting Your Production Database Shouldn't Feel Dangerous

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Your Client's Schema Doesn't Belong in Your Cloud Account

Your Client's Schema Doesn't Belong in Your Cloud Account

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Stop Hand-Translating Between SQL and Your ERD

Stop Hand-Translating Between SQL and Your ERD

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AI Help With Your Database Design, Without the Cloud

AI Help With Your Database Design, Without the Cloud

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You Cannot Judge Coupling and Cohesion From the Same View

You Cannot Judge Coupling and Cohesion From the Same View

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Database Context Views Should Show the Relationships They Hide

Database Context Views Should Show the Relationships They Hide

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A Lightweight Desktop ERD Tool With Custom Waypoints and Color-Coded Relationships

A Lightweight Desktop ERD Tool With Custom Waypoints and Color-Coded Relationships

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ERD tool built for software engineers who touch a database

ERD tool built for software engineers who touch a database

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ERD Check Constraints: Show Business Rules in Your Diagram

ERD Check Constraints: Show Business Rules in Your Diagram

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Keyboard-First ERD Design: Build a Schema Without Touching the Mouse

Keyboard-First ERD Design: Build a Schema Without Touching the Mouse

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The ERD that lives in your Git repo

The ERD that lives in your Git repo

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ERD-First Database Design: One 60-Entity Schema, Sketch to Production

ERD-First Database Design: One 60-Entity Schema, Sketch to Production

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Crow's Foot ERD Notation, Explained: Every Symbol Mapped to SQL

Crow's Foot ERD Notation, Explained: Every Symbol Mapped to SQL

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Design Data Model for Multi-Tenant RBAC

Design Data Model for Multi-Tenant RBAC

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Schemity vs dbdiagram.io: The Offline Alternative

Schemity vs dbdiagram.io: The Offline Alternative

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