Supabase comes to Seoul: Dev Korea #5 Recap
On December 10, Supabase returned to Seoul for Dev Korea #5, welcoming 90+ attendees for a night focused on building real products, sharing hands-on experience, and connecting with the local and international tech community.
This event marked our sixth meetup with Supabase, and the energy in the room made one thing clear. Supabase adoption in Korea keeps accelerating, and more teams are actively building and shipping with it.
From first-time users to founders and engineers already running Supabase in production, the audience reflected how widely the platform is now used across the ecosystem.
🧠 Supabase MVP essentials: scaling, security, and core features
The evening opened with a practical talk focused on building MVPs that are ready for real users.
Joseph Kim walked through the key considerations when starting a serious project with Supabase, including:
- how to think about scaling early without slowing down development
- security basics that should not be postponed
- core Supabase features that support real-world workflows
The session gave both newcomers and experienced builders a clear framework for launching quickly while staying on solid technical foundations.
🚀 Made with Supabase: community showcase
Next, the spotlight moved to the community.
Three builders took the stage to share real stories from products they built and shipped using Supabase. Instead of polished demos, the talks focused on honest decisions, trade-offs, and lessons learned while building for real users.
Each speaker walked through:
- what they built and why
- how Supabase fit their technical needs
- challenges they ran into along the way
- what they would do differently next time
Furqan Ali shared how he built Screenshow, a tool to create high-quality screen recording videos. As a solo founder, he explained how Supabase helped him move fast while keeping the stack simple and production-ready.
Ajit Kumar walked through a PostgreSQL migration from Render to Supabase for his product Random Dev. He shared the issues he encountered during the migration process, the unexpected challenges along the way, and how he resolved them step by step.
Kyubo Shim talked about migrating his app KBO Cheer Song Player from Firebase to Supabase. He highlighted the improved developer experience, simpler architecture, and meaningful cost savings he achieved after the move.
This part of the evening was especially engaging, showing three very different paths to building with Supabase, and how teams and solo builders alike can move fast, iterate, and still ship reliable products.
🌱 Supabase momentum in the Korean developer ecosystem
Compared to our first Supabase events, the conversation has clearly evolved.
This time, we heard:
- fewer questions about what Supabase is
- more discussions around architecture, performance, and production use
- more examples of teams already building and shipping with it
Being able to host six Supabase events and continue filling the room is a strong signal of the platform’s growing momentum in Korea.
🎁 Swag, questions, and community moments
After the talks, the room stayed lively and social.
Everyone picked up Supabase stickers, and we also held a raffle for Supabase T-shirts, which added a fun and relaxed moment to the evening.
Conversations naturally flowed around real use cases, shared experiences, and best practices when building with Supabase. The atmosphere stayed relaxed, curious, and welcoming throughout the night.
🍔 Burgers and hallway conversations
Food was served right at the start of the event, with burgers from CryCheeseBurger setting a relaxed and welcoming tone from the moment people arrived.
With burgers and drinks in hand, conversations started early:
- people shared what they are building
- compared technical approaches
- talked about startups, side projects, and careers
- met new faces and reconnected with familiar ones
Starting the evening with food made it easy for connections to form naturally, and those hallway conversations continued throughout the night.
🙌 Huge thanks
This event would not have been possible without:
- Supabase for supporting the event and bringing great content and swag
- Our speakers: Joseph Kim, Furqan Ali, Ajit Kumar and Kyubo Shim who shared their knowledge and experience.
- All the volunteers who helped make this event a success: Aaron McCollum, Aleksey Kim, Bertijn Pauwels, Charles Chang, Jason Yee and Kathie Lee who made everything flow seamlessly from start to finish
- All 90+ attendees who filled the venue and brought energy into the room
Seeing the venue completely full was incredibly motivating for us as organizers.
👀 What’s next
Dev Korea keeps growing, and this event made it clear that there is strong demand for practical, technical, community-driven meetups in Seoul.
We are already preparing upcoming events with global tech companies and local builders.
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Here’s to more nights of learning, building, and meaningful community in Seoul. 🍻✨
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