# Platformatic Launch Week Recap

We’ve just wrapped up our first ever Launch Week. Here’s a recap of everything that we released, along with some practical deep dives and tutorials.

**Start your app on Platformatic cloud,** [**now open to everyone**](https://platformatic.cloud/?utm_source=LWRecapBlogPost)**!**

# **Launch announcements**

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Watch our co-founders Luca Maraschi and Matteo Collina [announcing all of the incredible new features](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v54B2Dtnb18) in Platformatic Cloud and our open-source tools.

We’ve also put together [a handy YouTube playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_x4nRdxj60Lt6s0xMLrf92p6gKe03mEl) with all the announcements, deep dives and Q&A sessions from Launch Week.

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✅ Pull request preview apps  
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💫 **Read about the new Platformatic Cloud features in** [**the launch blog post**](https://blog.platformatic.dev/platformatic-cloud-is-live)

# **Open-source: Platformatic Client**

We’ve made a new release of our open-source tools. It includes the all new Platformatic Client: a fast and type-safe way to create API clients for your services.

⚡ **Read the** [**v0.19.0 release blog post**](https://blog.platformatic.dev/its-platformatic-client-time-in-the-v0190-release) **to learn more**

# Open-source deep dive: Platformatic Client - Video

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Our Co-founder and CTO [Matteo Collina](https://twitter.com/matteocollina) took [a deep dive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHLr0_9Fa6s) into one of the incredible new features in our open-source tools: Platformatic Client.

Platformatic Client is a fast and type-safe way to create API clients for your services. You can use the Platformatic CLI to generate an API client, or use the `@platformatic/client` library programmatically.

🤿 **Learn how to use Platformatic Client in** [**Matteo’s open-source deep dive**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHLr0_9Fa6s) and [**the follow up Q&A**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OueBvn9pmZM)

# Tutorial: **Build a polls API with Platformatic DB**

[![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1680216813265/9796b043-dd4c-4191-8bbd-5081cde2cef4.png align="center")](https://dominuskelvin.dev/blog/platformatic-polls-api)

We’re delighted to share [a new tutorial](https://dominuskelvin.dev/blog/platformatic-polls-api) with you by Kelvin O Omereshone. If you want to learn how to rapidly build REST and GraphQL APIs with the full flexibility of Platformatic DB, Kelvin’s got you covered!

**📊 Read** [**Build a polls API with Platformatic DB**](https://dominuskelvin.dev/blog/platformatic-polls-api)

# Deep dive on new Cloud features - Video

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Our Developer Advocate [Simon Plenderleith](https://twitter.com/simonplend) took a deep dive into all of the new features of Platformatic Cloud.

He shows how you can effectively combine Platformatic Cloud with the hosted Postgres service Neon. This gives you a fully isolated preview app and database for every pull request. It’s a fantastic way to test and deploy your Node.js applications!

☁️ [**Learn how to deploy your apps with Platformatic Cloud**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N1rx1fD7B4)

*A big thank you to the folks at Neon who helped us put together the workflows.*

# Cloud Q&A with Luca Maraschi - Video

%[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7eLCtiY1V0] 

Be sure to check out [the Q&A that we hosted](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7eLCtiY1V0) after the deep dive, with our Co-founder and CEO [Luca Maraschi](https://twitter.com/lucamaraschi). Luca shares his thoughts about building a Cloud platform on the solid foundations of Node.js and Fastify.

🧠 [**Watch the Cloud Q&A**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7eLCtiY1V0)

# Tutorial: **Building a Link Curation API with Platformatic**

[![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1680216935942/e06cffbd-a071-4e98-af10-1a0477fbab43.png align="center")](https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2023/03/28/building-a-link-curation-api-with-platformatic/)

Check out Ian Wootten's [fantastic tutorial](https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2023/03/28/building-a-link-curation-api-with-platformatic/), where they take you step-by-step through building a custom GraphQL API with Platformatic DB. It’s a great way to get familiar with the features of Platformatic DB and learn how to add custom functionality to your app.

🗞️ **Read** [**Building a Link Curation API with Platformatic**](https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2023/03/28/building-a-link-curation-api-with-platformatic/)

# Matteo's talk at CityJS London conference

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1680283023783/c8352979-fcf1-421f-9bc8-c696a5815d7e.png align="center")

*Photo by* [*Marcel Cutts*](https://twitter.com/marcelcutts/status/1641744054944669697)

Our launch week was brought to a close on Friday by our CTO Matteo’s talk at the wonderful [CityJS London](https://london.cityjsconf.org/) conference: I would never use an ORM (video coming soon).

# **Get started with Platformatic**

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