In this episode, we walk through the full first-time setup in Vela Sandbox:
✅ create your account (Google login or email + password)
✅ set up your organization
✅ create your first project
✅ choose project-wide limits vs per-branch limits (because Vela branches are full databases)
✅ spin up your first branch (e.g., production) in seconds
✅ open the branch dashboard to see health, services, slow queries, security/performance signals, and connection details
✅ run your first query to confirm everything works
Try it hands-on right now:
Vela Sandbox (sign up + get a Postgres DB): https://demo.vela.run
Vela Website: https://vela.simplyblock.io
💡 Quick note: Vela uses the term “branch” because you can clone an existing database (config + data) and keep working on it—perfect for dev, staging, and production workflows.
If you want to learn more, keep watching the Vela Tutorials series for branching, cloning, auth/RBAC patterns, file storage, and day-to-day Postgres workflows.
Chapters (quick skim):
00:00 Intro
00:08 Go to Vela Sandbox + login options
01:05 Create organization
01:33 Create project + enable file storage (optional)
02:12 Project limits vs branch limits
03:20 Create first branch (production)
05:04 Branch dashboard + metrics + actions
05:46 Connection info + run first query
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