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Re: Show HN: Ugliest.app – Ugly but good app platform

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Post by lizardmancan »

bloopbloop10000 wrote: post #21
splatzone wrote: post #3

It’s a shame you’ve chosen to delete everything after 24 hours. I understand why though. Maybe just make no guarantee that the apps will stay live, so I can share what I make with friends? I like the plain design, very austere and to the point. It would be good if your copy was just as blunt and frank, tell us why it’s good and why we should use it

OP here— you make a good point about sharing with friends. Added a button to make apps last forever!

forever is a long time

Re: Show HN: Ugliest.app – Ugly but good app platform

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Post by akrymski »

mxuribe wrote: post #156
t0astbread wrote: post #146

This is like Firebase but actually fun! Jokes aside though, I think there's a real use-case for something like this: Small multi-user CRUD apps, most often for a confined audience that don't warrant whipping up some kind of web server software and deploying it to a VM or a lambda function or whatever. Just create some tables, write some markup and you're done. Share the URL, it's live! You could also use it for stuff…

> something like Access, kind of, but on the web I do a little tech consulting on the side (mostly web dev, but sometimes just regular "IT stuff" too)...and I've had clients who i know would be a pain if i conduct the usual process for developing an app/website for them...and often (to save myself from headaches) try to look for a solution for them that is something like Access (or super Excel) but for the web...and…

Have you tried AirTable?

Re: Show HN: Ugliest.app – Ugly but good app platform

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Post by mxuribe »

akrymski wrote: post #166
mxuribe wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> something like Access, kind of, but on the web I do a little tech consulting on the side (mostly web dev, but sometimes just regular "IT stuff" too)...and I've had clients who i know would be a pain if i conduct the usual process for developing an app/website for them...and often (to save myself from headaches) try to look for a solution for them that is something like Access (or super Excel) but for the web...and…

Have you tried AirTable?

I've heard the name but never tried it. I'll give it a go; thanks!

Re: Show HN: Ugliest.app – Ugly but good app platform

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Post by t0astbread »

akrymski wrote: post #166
mxuribe wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> something like Access, kind of, but on the web I do a little tech consulting on the side (mostly web dev, but sometimes just regular "IT stuff" too)...and I've had clients who i know would be a pain if i conduct the usual process for developing an app/website for them...and often (to save myself from headaches) try to look for a solution for them that is something like Access (or super Excel) but for the web...and…

Have you tried AirTable?

I have noticed AirTable but I've never tried it. Maybe it's good but on the spectrum of customization AirTable seems closer to Excel or Google Sheets than Access or something custom-made.

Another important aspect is data protection. For my last "just CRUD" project I had to implement at-rest encryption where PII is only accessible with the user's password[1]. Something like that would be possible in JavaScript in an ugliest.app but if I'm not mistaken not in AirTable. Most businesses would probably be fine with it but I'm always a bit uncomfortable entrusting someone else with any unencrypted customer data, especially PII. (But I'm not saying AirTable doesn't do its job protecting customer data.)

[1] It just so happens that this was part of my undergrad thesis project so you can read up on the encryption scheme: https://github.com/T0astBread/thesis/releases/latest/downloa... (section 4.4.2 "Personally Identifiable Information").

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