Cloud Infrastructure Engineers
🔐 Why We Chose Supabase to Power Vionote Cloud — And How We Keep Your Data Safe
As we build Vionote Cloud, one of our top priorities is clear:
Your annotated media must be securely stored, reliably accessible, and fully under your control.
To achieve that, we've chosen to build on Supabase — a modern, open-source backend platform based on PostgreSQL.
But we didn't choose Supabase just because it's fast or convenient.
We chose it because it helps us build a cloud platform that's transparent, secure, and built to scale with you.
Here's how.
🧩 What We Needed for Vionote Cloud
Vionote Cloud isn't just about storing your photos and videos. It's about helping you:
- Access your annotated media anytime, from any device
- Search by context, not just filenames
- Organize and manage your content over time
- Do it all privately, securely, and with minimal friction
To do this, we needed a backend that gives us:
- ✅ Strong identity and permission systems
- ✅ Searchable metadata and relationships
- ✅ Reliable and scalable media storage
- ✅ A way to build fast, while staying in full control
💡 Why Supabase
Supabase gave us the right foundation for Vionote Cloud:
- ✅ Enterprise-grade database
Supabase is built on PostgreSQL, one of the most trusted and secure relational databases in the world. - ✅ Built-in authentication & user management
Every user session is protected with secure, token-based authentication. - ✅ Row-Level Security (RLS)
We enforce access control at the database level, ensuring that no one can access another user's data — ever. - ✅ File storage with signed URLs
All media files are stored securely and accessed using time-limited, signed URLs — never publicly exposed. - ✅ Open source & market-proven
Supabase is trusted by thousands of developers and startups. It's auditable, transparent, and growing rapidly as the go-to alternative to Firebase.
We didn't just choose convenience — we chose a secure, proven platform to build Vionote Cloud for the long term.
🔒 How We Keep Your Data Safe
We've implemented multiple layers of protection to ensure your data is private and stays that way.
✅ Per-User Data Isolation
Every piece of media, annotation, or metadata is tied to a specific authenticated user.
Access is strictly enforced both in the app and through Supabase's Row-Level Security (RLS) at the database level.
✅ Private by Default
All content is private by default.
In the future, you'll be able to share content only when you explicitly choose to, with fine-grained access control.
✅ Secure File Storage
Files are never public. They're stored using Supabase's storage system, and:
- Accessed using signed, expiring URLs
- Downloaded only by authorized users
- Protected from indexing and third-party access
✅ Encryption & Secure Transport
All your data is:
- Encrypted in transit (via HTTPS)
- Encrypted at rest on Supabase-managed infrastructure
✅ Automatic Backups
We run daily encrypted backups of both media and metadata to ensure your work is never lost — even in extreme cases.
🧭 What's Next
We're just getting started. Here's what's coming soon to make Vionote Cloud even more powerful:
👥 Team Collaboration
Invite collaborators to shared folders, manage permissions, and keep everyone on the same page — with context.
🔗 Third-Party Integrations
Connect Vionote with tools like Notion to seamlessly sync annotated visuals into your existing documentation or research flow.
🌐 Smarter Share Pages
Generate beautiful, customizable share pages that let you hand-pick photos or videos to create an online album — great for presenting projects or sharing findings.
🧠 MCP (Model Context Protocol)
A new protocol we're building to structure and preserve the full context behind every piece of media — ensuring annotations are meaningful, traceable, and extensible across tools.
✅ Transparency Builds Trust
We believe users shouldn't have to guess what's happening with their data.
By choosing to build on a secure, open-source stack like Supabase, we're delivering a platform that is:
- 🔍 Auditable
- 🔐 Privacy-first
- 🧱 Built on solid infrastructure
If you have feedback or want to learn more about the technical details, feel free to reach out — we're always happy to share.
Built with transparency and security in mind.
— The Vionote Lab