[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Better database discovery (PR #5308)

[Andy Allan]

Thanks @loicknuchel for your suggestion.

I've tried using it, and it looks great. But when I've tried using it used it a couple of times, I haven't found it very useful, and I give up after a minute or two. I think the main issue is that it doesn't load all the tables at the start, so you can end up with just a couple of tables showing (e.g. you click on "acls" from the suggestions list, and then click "users", and then that's kind of it? I can't see how to click to add more). There's a search box, but people who are exploring the db don't know what tables to search for.

I think it would be more useful if all the tables were shown, and nicely laid out, but perhaps that's overwhelming or unclear without manual arrangement and grouping. As far as I understand, that's a paid feature.

I realise that I'm not the target user for this, since I obviously know the overview of the database structure and how everything works. But for the details I wouldn't use it either, because annotate_models puts the information we need into the model files, i.e. closer to where we work.

So my request here is to other contributors, particularly new contributors - can you try it out please? Have you found this useful, and if so, what did you learn? Do you need a whole-database overview when you start working on the project?

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