Quick question for everyone: How many times have you discovered your database backup was corrupted AFTER starting a migration?
I wanted to get some feedback on a tool I built with AI agentic assistance. BackupGuardian validates your database backups before you actually need them - because finding out your backup is broken during a critical migration is... not fun.
Here's what it does:
Deep structural analysis of .sql/.dump files without needing database credentials
Multi-database support (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite)
Checks schema integrity, data consistency, and migration readiness
Gives you a migration confidence score before you deploy
Available as CLI tool, web app, or API for CI/CD integration
Honest take: The space feels saturated with backup tools, but most focus on creating backups, not validating them. There's definitely a gap here - I've seen too many "successful" backups that failed when teams actually tried to restore them.
Built this open-source because I got burned by this exact scenario. Currently live at backupguardian.org
Poll: When do you usually discover backup issues?
During regular testing
When you actually need to restore
Never test backups (living dangerously)
What's a backup?
Worth building out further or too niche?
neural_drift•1h ago
I wanted to get some feedback on a tool I built with AI agentic assistance. BackupGuardian validates your database backups before you actually need them - because finding out your backup is broken during a critical migration is... not fun.
Here's what it does:
Deep structural analysis of .sql/.dump files without needing database credentials Multi-database support (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite) Checks schema integrity, data consistency, and migration readiness Gives you a migration confidence score before you deploy Available as CLI tool, web app, or API for CI/CD integration Honest take: The space feels saturated with backup tools, but most focus on creating backups, not validating them. There's definitely a gap here - I've seen too many "successful" backups that failed when teams actually tried to restore them.
Built this open-source because I got burned by this exact scenario. Currently live at backupguardian.org
Poll: When do you usually discover backup issues?
During regular testing When you actually need to restore Never test backups (living dangerously) What's a backup? Worth building out further or too niche?