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maxgrinev

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    Comment #44359059

    Great questions! Let me break this down: Target audience: 1) Enterprise IT teams who already know SQL/YAML - they can build complex integrations after ~1 hour of training using our…

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    Comment #44358665

    Thank you for such an insightful suggestion and deep dive into the code - this is amazing feedback! I'll definitely switch to the ${{}} syntax you suggested. Quick clarification on…

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    Comment #44358378

    Good catch! Yes, recalculating metrics across all historical data every run would be expensive in Snowflake. I chose this example for simplicity to show how the three operations wo…

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    Comment #44328733

    Dynamic YAML with computed properties could have applications beyond API integrations. We use Python since it's familiar to data engineers, but our original prototype with JavaScri…

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    Comment #44141139

    You're right about the abstraction concern. The vast majority of the workflow stays in structured YAML - Python is only needed for two specific points: constructing HTTP request bo…

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    Comment #44139770

    Totally understand - you want clean, unified data for business insights, not another integration tool to maintain. Sequor actually grew out of our Master Data Management (MDM) work…

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    Comment #44139683

    Great question! Rate limiting and concurrency are absolutely critical for production API integrations. Here's how Sequor handles these challenges: Rate Limiting: * Built-in rate li…

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    Comment #44139482

    Thank you for pointing this out! I wasn't aware of Arazzo before. It does look very similar indeed. I'll definitely look more into it and see how we might align with their format o…

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    Comment #44138942

    Fair point - 'intuitive' is subjective and depends on your background. Let me explain where each technology fits: HTTP request configuration (URL, headers, parameters) is pretty in…

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    Comment #44138866

    The Python here is doing exactly what it should - extracting nested data and flattening it into proper relational tables. Most of the 'Python' is actually just the return statement…

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    Comment #44138774

    Thank you for letting me know! I'm not seeing any issues on my end - both https://docs.sequor.dev/ and https://sequor.dev/ are loading fine for me. This might be a temporary issue …

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    Comment #44118096

    Thanks for the feedback! You're absolutely right that API maintenance is inherently challenging - that's actually one of the core problems we're trying to address. The key differen…

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    Show HN: Sequor – dbt for API Integration

    Hey HN! We built Sequor to solve a recurring problem: choosing between two bad options for API/app integration: 1. Proprietary black-box SaaS connectors with vendor lock-in 2. Cust…

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    Comment #6902405

    Interesting...

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