I Didn’t Want to Pay for Supabase Backups, So I Built My Own

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Learn how to back up a Supabase Postgres database on the free plan using GitHub Actions.
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This post shows how I set up automatic Supabase Postgres backups every 12 hours using GitHub Actions. The only thing you must understand is that a database backup is like an umbrella: if you wait until it starts raining, you’re already wet.