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Discussed recently here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680
This is actually a completely separate feature! We're just iterating fast! Our AI launch introduced the ability to have AI generate and refactor code for you in our platform.
How does this compare to Retool Workflows? https://retool.com/products/workflows/
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Seconding the comment above, I think "Loop" might actually be a technical term and something like "for each (whatever)" or "do X times" might be easier to follow. As programmers we know things like while loops and end conditions, but regular folks might want to see something a bit more human readable. Alternatively, maybe some kind of flow chart with a line pointing at itself might convey what a loop is - that end co…
This is great insight. Taking a more "technical" approach has its tradeoffs but so far, our customer discovery points to this being a tangible approach to try for enterprise use cases. We find that a lot of enterprises assign engineers to build in Superblocks but rather than a team of 100 engineers building out a DIY solution, they can reduce it to only a handful. I am excited to experiment with in-product guidance a…
I know, I know. But it was designed for non programmers.
Their syntax in this case is
Perform . . . Times
The language might give some insight by offering a different perspective
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This is great insight. Taking a more "technical" approach has its tradeoffs but so far, our customer discovery points to this being a tangible approach to try for enterprise use cases. We find that a lot of enterprises assign engineers to build in Superblocks but rather than a team of 100 engineers building out a DIY solution, they can reduce it to only a handful. I am excited to experiment with in-product guidance a…
Maybe take a look at cobol. I know, I know. But it was designed for non programmers. Their syntax in this case is Perform . . . Times The language might give some insight by offering a different perspective
That's cool, it's kind of like Scratch [*] for business. Presumably the market is people who don't like Retool because it is too high-level (not enough control) and don't like code because it's too low-level (too much boilerplate and tool complexity). The risk is that the finer grained control stuff is too much like code ('you lost me at "loop" and "condition"', etc.), or not powerful enough to do the tasks that Reto…
I'd love to hear your feedback after taking a few minutes to try it out! We think this will be easy enough for non-developers to grok while also flexible enough for engineers to do whatever they want.
How does this compare to Retool Workflows? https://retool.com/products/workflows/
or other OSS projects that are similar, like https://n8n.io/
Discussed recently here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36495680
This is actually a completely separate feature! We're just iterating fast! Our AI launch introduced the ability to have AI generate and refactor code for you in our platform.
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> Please make it easy for users to try your thing out, ideally without barriers such as signups or emails. You'll get more feedback that way.
- can I self-host the whole suite without any internet connection?
- Are you targeting retool users?
- Are you targeting airflow users?
Some questions: - can I self-host the whole suite without any internet connection? - Are you targeting retool users? - Are you targeting airflow users?
Superblocks, Retool, and Airflow provide different approach to solve similar problems. We've found that lots of customers prefer Superblocks.