CloudDM has been evolving for several years. A large part of the codebase was written by our team through traditional development practices.
Over the past six months, we increased our investment in the project and started adopting AI-assisted development more extensively. The main reason is that database systems are becoming increasingly complex \u2014 supporting many different databases requires a huge amount of domain knowledge, and AI has become a useful tool to help us explore, implement, and validate these scenarios.
Our current workflow is mainly:\nAI-assisted implementation \u2192 human review \u2192 testing \u2192 iteration.
The goal is not to replace engineering judgment, but to help us move faster while keeping the quality under control.
For trying it out on a small project, we provide binaries, Docker images, and Kubernetes deployment options.
For a quick local setup, we recommend the Docker `alone` version. It includes the required metadata database, so after starting the container you only need to complete a simple initialization process.
The detailed installation guide is available in the project documentation:\nhttps://github.com/ClouGence/open-cdm","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2026-07-16T10:13:55.000Z","created_at_i":1784196835,"id":48932536,"options":[],"parent_id":48928677,"points":null,"story_id":48928659,"text":"Cool How did you make it and How can I use it my simple project?","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2026-07-15T23:41:13.000Z","created_at_i":1784158873,"id":48928677,"options":[],"parent_id":48928659,"points":null,"story_id":48928659,"text":"Hi HN,
We just released CloudDM 4.0.
CloudDM started as a database management tool, but after working with database teams for years, we found that teams need more than a SQL client.
They need SQL review, collaboration, permissions, and database workflows.
CloudDM 4.0 is a complete redesign around these scenarios.
Would love to hear feedback from the HN community.","title":null,"type":"comment","url":null}],"created_at":"2026-07-15T23:39:33.000Z","created_at_i":1784158773,"id":48928659,"options":[],"parent_id":null,"points":4,"story_id":48928659,"text":null,"title":"Show HN: CloudDM 4.0 \u2013 open-source database development platform","type":"story","url":"https://github.com/ClouGence/open-cdm"}