# 8base September '19 Product Release

Hopefully, you too had a fantastic September! Many great things have been happening over on our end. As always, we’d love to share a few of the most notable ones with you!

#### General

**8base Academy**  
We’re now at 17 published videos on the [8base Academy YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQgTczr5z_O4SJ-3nkANOaw)! That’s over 2-hours of video learning content :) **‍**

**Salesforce Integration**  
After a ton of hard work, the 8base + Salesforce integration is live! Not to mention that it works amazingly well. [This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyoPsOT2cg4&t=1s) breaks down how to set up and use the integration. **‍**

**Command-Line Upgrades**  
While, admittedly, it will always be a bit nerdy… the 8base CLI tool is getting cooler 😎 Invoking functions that accept mock flags and local access to the context argument are only two of its latest tricks. **‍**

**Community**  
The [8base Community](https://community.8base.com/) has gone from getting a bi-weekly post to daily engagement! It’s been so awesome to see community members supporting each other in topics.

#### Content

**Explaining SQL & NoSQL, to Grandma**  
We casually added a fun-to-read database article on Medium. Next thing we knew, [Explaining SQL & NoSQL, to Grandma](https://medium.com/swlh/explaining-sql-and-nosql-to-grandma-9d7a69378be8) garnered 24k reads and 2.5k claps!

**How I Future Proofed My Tech Stack**  
Albert authored an awesome piece for the IndieHacks community, sharing his experience and wisdom with early-stage founders in [How I Future Proofed My Tech Stack](https://www.indiehackers.com/article/how-i-future-proofed-my-tech-stack-f3d3273f25). **‍**

**Meeting GraphQL at a Cocktail Mixer**  
CSS-Tricks loved our metaphor in [Meeting GraphQL at a Cocktail Mixer](https://css-tricks.com/meeting-graphql-at-a-cocktail-mixer/). It’s a great read for understanding the developer experience of working with GraphQL.

#### Product

**SQL Views**  
The Data Builder is becoming an increasingly holistic toolset, where we now provide the ability to create SQL Views alongside 8base tables and external data sources. **‍**

**89 Other Feature Improvements**  
Seriously, we pushed out 89 feature updates and improvements to the product during September. Every one of which enhanced our service, while being unnamed and silent heroes.

#### Growth

**HackerNews Splash**  
Not to brag (...we’re going to brag) but 8base enjoyed the lime-light this month while trending on [HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20876256)! In just 1-day over 100 new developers signed-up for 8base 📈

**Building Skyscrapers**  
Two separate and great entrepreneurs partnered with 8base Labs to bring their products to life. Now, they’ll only need to focus on never-ending non-product task lists 🙃 We love getting our hands dirty with these engagements, as they allow us to build other amazing products and improve 8base’s platform in the process! **‍**

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**Thanks**  
We hope you found all of this exciting and interesting! Please, keep the feedback coming, and we will continue to strive at knocking your socks off with excellent news and features.

_The 8base Team 🚀_