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The following is content for you to summarize. Do not respond to the comments—summarize them. <topic> EdgeDB/Gel Acquisition Impact # Disappointment about Gel sunsetting after Vercel acquisition, appreciation for EdgeQL language design, and discussion of community fork efforts </topic> <comments_about_topic> 1. The author mentions about it in the name change for edgeDb to gel. However, it could also have been added in the Acquisitions landscape. Gel joined vercel [1]. 1. https://www.geldata.com/blog/gel-joins-vercel 2. Thanks for catching this. Updated: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2026/01/2025-databases-re... I need to figure out an automatic way to track these. 3. You just ruined my day. The post makes it sound like gel is now dead. The post by Vercel does not give me much hope either [1]. Last commit on the gel repo was two weeks ago. [1] https://vercel.com/blog/investing-in-the-python-ecosystem 4. From discord: > There has been a ton of interest expressed this week about potential community maintenance of Gel moving forward. To help organize and channel these hopes, I'm putting out a call for volunteers to join a Gel Community Fork Working Group (...GCFWG??). We are looking for 3-5 enthusiastic, trustworthy, and competent engineers to form a working group to create a "blessed" community-maintained fork of Gel. I would be available as an advisor to the WG, on a limited basis, in the beginning. > The goal would be to produce a fork with its own build and distribution infrastructure and a credible commitment to maintainership. If successful, we will link to the project from the old Gel repos before archiving them, and potentially make the final CLI release support upgrading to the community fork. > Applications accepted here: https://forms.gle/GcooC6ZDTjNRen939 > I'll be reaching out to people about applications in January. 5. > Acquisitions ... Gel → Vercel is a bit misleading. Gel (formerly EdgeDB) is sunsetting it's development. (extremely talented) Team joins Vercel to work on other stuff. That was a hard hit for me in December. I loved working with EdgeQL so much. 6. It is a beautifully designed language and would make a great starting point for future DB projects. </comments_about_topic> Write a concise, engaging paragraph (3-5 sentences) summarizing the key points and perspectives in these comments about the topic. Focus on the most interesting viewpoints. Do not use bullet points—write flowing prose.
EdgeDB/Gel Acquisition Impact # Disappointment about Gel sunsetting after Vercel acquisition, appreciation for EdgeQL language design, and discussion of community fork efforts
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