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Comment #48772759
Hi Rich, thank you for taking the time to write this out. This is exactly the kind of harsh but true reality check we were hoping to get by posting here.. With regards to the acces…
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Comment #48762598
Hi Richard, First let me admit that we are still giggling after seeing who send su this question! Big fans! :) That being said... GolemUI is a client-side form runtime, the visibil…
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Comment #48760373
Hey! Woah! Actually, this might seem dumb, but we did not think of that! After the rollercoaster of what this post have been, I can guarantee you that we will indeed consider this …
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Comment #48759122
Thanks! Yes, that is basically the whole idea, to have all the benefits of a JSON like core BUT to give a dx layer on top that allows forms to be semantically defined.
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Comment #48758274
we are good at: - Library design - Forms - Components We have more than 50 years experienced combined in there. We are terrible at - Web Design I hope that settles it :)
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Comment #48758238
correct! We are (obviously), using AI to assist us, but for the library code we are fully on top. And you can expect this to be the case for all the foreseeable future of the libra…
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Comment #48757575
Let me paraphrase a previous reply: ___ You can see our first commit here https://github.com/golemui/golemui/commits/main/?since=2025- ... Note the date! 2025-09-01, that is the da…
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Comment #48753764
Well, If we have learned something from this post today is that we are terrible designers web designers :) We take this as actually great feedback, as we are indeed not good at all…
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Comment #48751419
Indeed, this is an old principle, we believe the key here is how we approach it, for instance, if you have a look at our DX layer (the gui.*) you will see how we bridge both worlds…
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Comment #48751353
I don't think there is a simple answer to that, if moving from a big project to GolemUI or any other platform, the key would be to do it iteratively, first starting with a POC and …
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Comment #48751308
We are trying to signal that our product is ready to be used, is matured, but is v.1.0 as in this being the initial release... I don't think you would get two companies fully agree…
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Comment #48750984
THANK YOU! Being three devs here on a table reading comments and feeling nervous, is great to hear this kind of feedback, we really did pour our souls here.
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Comment #48750872
I guess you are implying how mature we are? If so, I think you can see this on our github commit log: https://github.com/golemui/golemui/commits/main/?since=2025-... Note the date!…
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Comment #48750810
Depending on the DSL you choose (JSON or Programmatic) you declare reactivity slightly different, but pretty much, we have states and inlined expressions. If states didn't click in…
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Comment #48750655
We will indeed explore this approach, would be great to hear your thoughts too! Would you consider sharing some more insight by dropping a comment here? https://github.com/golemui/…
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Comment #48750635
Thanks! We are definitely learning from this post about things to do, is by far not our strong side
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Comment #48750619
You are correct, the reactive expressions are not statically checked at the moment, but we have an item in our roadmap to fix that. On the other hand, the runtime expressions evalu…
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Comment #48750550
Golems are mythological creatures that are brought to life with clay. For us, our library is the clay, and the result of what you code with it is the golem.
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Comment #48750020
THANKS! Well, we are very experienced developers, which is code for.. we are old... Old as from the time where websites had banners moving across the page, so that might have influ…
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Comment #48749989
Oh my god! Thanks so much! We are studying this immediately.
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Comment #48749872
Honest caveat, none of us have really used SurveyJS, so correct me if I'm off. Biggest overlap is the JSON-schema idea, which is our first point here: 1. A JSON engine. The form is…
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Comment #48749850
You would be suprised to hear this, but we are actually thrilled to hear this! We are on our first weeks (v1.02), so if you have found a bug we would love to get our hands on it! W…
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Comment #48749814
We respect that, we believe is groundbreaking, but also we are aware that as with any other slogan couyld be highly speculative. However, I think if you look at our offering, perha…
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Comment #48749503
Good feedback! Is actually on the roadmap :)