Avi Bryant demos Dabble db

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Recommends tyingq · 2017-04 · on “Google App Maker”

I've tried a lot of these tools. The trouble is that things go extremely well until you hit a wall. With no way to extend them with something like freeform code, the wall doesn't move. The best ones, then, tend to be the ones that have been around long enough, or had enough foresight to have covered various corner cases. The other issue is that most of them have "per user / per month" pricing, which doesn't work for many use cases. Things like, for example, an applicant tracking app. If you use the functionality to a high degree, every job applicant is another end user license. Two of the better ones: [LINK] & [LINK] Other ones I've seen: [LINK] , [LINK] , [LINK] , [LINK] , [LINK] , [LINK] ,

Recommends donarb · 2018-12 · on “Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?”

DabbleDB, this YouTube video gives a great introduction to this online spreadsheet-like database. Sadly they were bought out by Twitter, never to be seen again. [this video]

Recommends tyingq · 2023-03 · on “Smalltalk: An Entrepreneur’s Secret Weapon (2020)”

A good example in this space was DabbleDB[1], a low-code environment for producing web apps that did CRUD type stuff. Their original video demo: [this video] I was pretty impressed when it came out. The UI was very intuitive, and it did a better job with things like table relations than it's competitors. They were also releasing new features based on requests faster than what I typically saw. It happened to have used the Seaside web framework mentioned in the article. Sadly, Twitter purchased it and shut it down...I assume they just wanted the team and not the product. [1] [LINK]

Cites e12e · 2014-01 · on “What I Wish I Had Known Before Selling to Google”

I've thought a bit about this, churning around various product ideas. In general I'd say that if it's a typical SaaS, I would probably only trust it with my data, my time (learning curve, adapting workflow etc) if it was a available under a licence that would allow me to self-host it if it was discontinued (or pay someone else to host it for me). This is for stuff like mail, images and other DAM (Digital Asset Management) systems, chat/im, bug trackers/knowledgestores and databases etc. Note, that I don't see any reason to trust Google either. Remember wave? Remember XMPP compatible gtalk? My conclusion has been that if/when I finally get started on my first product, I'll probably license it

Cites kgodey · 2021-03 · on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)”

Center of Complex Interventions | Frontend Engineer, Product Designer | REMOTE | Full Time We're looking for our first frontend engineer and product designer to help build a brand new open source product that helps users of all skill levels use, extend, and visualize their data. We are heavily inspired by Dabble DB ( [this video] ). The current team is two engineers, we're alumni of Creative Commons and have experience working on open source projects and building community. We're aiming for an initial team size of four. We're based out of the nonprofit Center of Complex Interventions and are advised by Joi Ito and Reid Hoffman. Full job descriptions and application instructions: Frontend Engineer

Cites kgodey · 2021-04 · on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)”

Center of Complex Interventions | First Frontend Engineer | Remote (forever) | Full Time | Open Source We're looking for our first frontend engineer to help build a brand new open source product that helps users of all skill levels store, manipulate, get insights from, and collaborate with others on their data. We are heavily inspired by Dabble DB ( [this video] ). Our team is based out of the nonprofit Center of Complex Interventions and we are advised by Joi Ito and Reid Hoffman. In addition to great technical skills, we are looking for someone who is an excellent communicator, proactive, product-minded, excited about making somthing new from scratch (with all the collaboration and iteration th