Richie Varghese

Richie Varghese

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About

Tech Lead turned strategic leader with 8+ years of experience architecting high-concurrency transaction engines and leading technical roadmaps. My sweet spot is where surgical database tuning meets high-scale performance engineering. I specialize in building frictionless, scalable backend systems in Golang and PostgreSQL, with a proven track record of slashing core latency by 75%. Beyond deep technical execution—spanning data security, HIPAA compliance, and GenAI agent orchestration—I focus on product lifecycle ownership, infrastructure modernization, and mentoring engineering teams to prioritize architectural integrity over quick fixes. If a system can be optimized, I’m already on it.

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Maker History

  • PgStudio
    PgStudioThe Postgres IDE that lives in your editor
    May 2026
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    Joined Product HuntApril 19th, 2026

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3d ago

What's missing from your current VS Code PostgreSQL workflow?

We re gearing up to launch NexQL an AI-native PostgreSQL extension built entirely inside VS Code to replace bloated standalone clients and fragmented extensions. We've integrated everything from a fluid tree explorer and interactive SQL notebooks to visual schema designers and live dashboard monitoring directly into your editor.

But here's the thing: we don't want to build this in a vacuum. We want to build it for your daily engineering workflows.

Whether you are optimizing massive multi-tenant data pipelines, tuning query performance, or just trying to quickly visualize a schema layout, we want to know what hurts the most about your current local or cloud database setup.

We d love to hear your thoughts on:

NexQLp/nexql•

3d ago

What's missing from your current VS Code PostgreSQL workflow?

We re gearing up to launch NexQL an AI-native PostgreSQL extension built entirely inside VS Code to replace bloated standalone clients and fragmented extensions. We've integrated everything from a fluid tree explorer and interactive SQL notebooks to visual schema designers and live dashboard monitoring directly into your editor.

But here's the thing: we don't want to build this in a vacuum. We want to build it for your daily engineering workflows.

Whether you are optimizing massive multi-tenant data pipelines, tuning query performance, or just trying to quickly visualize a schema layout, we want to know what hurts the most about your current local or cloud database setup.

We d love to hear your thoughts on:

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5d ago

Postgres, VS Code, and an AI that knows its place

Been building NexQL for a while and wanted to open this up for actual discussion rather than just a launch post.

What it is: a PostgreSQL extension for VS Code database explorer, SQL notebooks, real-time dashboard, and an AI assistant, all without leaving the editor.

The part I care most about: AI never executes SQL on its own. Every suggestion lands in a notebook cell for you to review and run. Production connections default to read-only, queries get a risk score before they fire, and there's a built-in MCP server so external agents (Copilot, Claude Desktop, Cursor) can query your database the same safe, read-only way.

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