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Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by jmholla »

sfink wrote: post #32

I've often wanted a simple online form solution for random purposes, yet I have never quite gotten around to learning Google Forms. My kids use it for school stuff. They're reasonably capable with it and have gotten good mileage from it. I guess at some level it's hard for me to get into something that often requires flexibility, yet can't be modified beyond rigidly prescribed boundaries. I would totally rather learn…

Google Forms is very simple to learn. There's not much to it. You just dive in and you're good to go.

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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la64710 wrote: post #25

What is the reason for “open sourcing” this , when any meaningful implementation is locked away behind services and is closed source. I just think these kind of use cases confuses users. There is no problem in being closed source and proprietary (unless you are using preexisting open source code and open sourcing those parts of your code makes it legally compliant) . In any case it is confusing at best and misleading…

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Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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aswerty wrote: post #36
izwasm wrote: post #16

I really like that you are using nestjs, idk why some devs hate it, IMHO its the best node framework that can be used to build production ready apps, i started using it a month ago at work and it was my first time using it, and it already made so productive

I'm literally in the middle of spending my evening, outside of work, gutting NestJS from a project I've inherited at work. I would literally consider changing jobs if I couldn't remove it. There is so much to unpack to get as why I have such an issue with it. But time and again I have been frustrated with it in terms of: it's design philosophy, implementation, scope of what it covers, bloat, recommended implementatio…

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Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by jahewson »

renewiltord wrote: post #33
jahewson wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GPL does not permit additional conditions, it actually states that additional conditions may be removed by the licensee. In this case, I don’t see the actual license containing additional conditions, simply that the FAQ guidance on the page is misleading.

But it needs attribution and he can say what attribution is valid, no? IANAL so can't say for sure but does GPLv3 have same issue as early CC? https://doctorow.medium.com/a-bug-in-early-creative-commons-...

Yes and no. While the author can specify an attribution notice, the GPL limits it to being relayed amongst “appropriate legal notices” - these typically appear in an EULA or About screen. Otherwise an “inappropriate” attribution requirement could be misused to prevent modification of certain parts of the work.

As for the issue with CC, GPLv3 gives a 30 day grace period for rectifying violations which obviates many potential troll issues.

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by jzig »

aswerty wrote: post #36
izwasm wrote: post #16

I really like that you are using nestjs, idk why some devs hate it, IMHO its the best node framework that can be used to build production ready apps, i started using it a month ago at work and it was my first time using it, and it already made so productive

I'm literally in the middle of spending my evening, outside of work, gutting NestJS from a project I've inherited at work. I would literally consider changing jobs if I couldn't remove it. There is so much to unpack to get as why I have such an issue with it. But time and again I have been frustrated with it in terms of: it's design philosophy, implementation, scope of what it covers, bloat, recommended implementatio…

Don’t .NET and Rails do all those things?

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by dearroy »

jraph wrote: post #18

I'm secretly and slowly building a form building application. The idea is that in my association we don't want to rely on Google Forms. And we only want to use open source software. We are using FramaForms which is a bit clunky and doesn't have this feature that updates a spreadsheet automatically. I thought that I could just create something that would answer both concerns. But a good open source forms app would pro…

Thank you for sharing your experience and insights. It would be fantastic if we could collaborate to make HeyForm better suited to your needs, as well as the needs of many others.

> Would an integration with Nextcloud be considered?

We are definitely interested in exploring this possibility. However, since I am not personally familiar with Nextcloud, it would be helpful if you could provide more details. Could you please open an issue so that we can discuss it further?

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by kwhitley »

eddd-ddde wrote: post #27
calmoo wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Best makes JavaScript look like Java, it’s needlessly complex and just encourages vast amounts of boilerplate. Awful stuff.

This is precisely my experience. Classes are painful to deal with. Decorators are not only unergonomic, they also throw away any type safety. Also Nest shoves class transformer and class validator down your throat, which are also a pian in the ass. My go-to right now is itty router with zod.

Love to hear it!

Btw, itty-router v5 just dropped a couple days ago, with a fun batteries-included (still ultra-small) router, that should make your code even leaner.

How is the integration w/ zod anyway, and how can we make it better?

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by Syntaf »

Very cool! Form builders are really fun applications to build and teach you a lot about more advanced relational models (like polymorphic relations)

I scrapped together a form-builder-with-payments using RoR and RailsAdmin last year for my club and ended up spinning it off into a pay-per-use SaaS[1].

As it turns out, forms are a fundamental aspect of a LOT of things, and offering free use tools can change the game for clubs or organizations looking to keep their data in one place.

[1] https://embolt.app

Re: Show HN: I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced

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Post by ricardonunez »

cynicalsecurity wrote: post #28
la64710 wrote: post #25

What is the reason for “open sourcing” this , when any meaningful implementation is locked away behind services and is closed source. I just think these kind of use cases confuses users. There is no problem in being closed source and proprietary (unless you are using preexisting open source code and open sourcing those parts of your code makes it legally compliant) . In any case it is confusing at best and misleading…

Free advertising on Haker News. 10 bucks net profit without any grows is also profitable. Getting to the main page of HN was worth open sourcing what had no potential anyway. This is my reasoning, I'm not the creator of this.

Username checks out.
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