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Re: Show HN: Parabola.io – Automate your work with visual programming

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Post by pathartl »

So, SSIS?

Where I work we're currently replacing everything that's SSIS with .NET services. I get the idea that taking the code out of it seems easier, but I've found it usually just leads to frustrating limitations. For our latest data migration we're moving things out of some SQL-based ticketing system, online accounting services, and FileMaker into Dynamics 365. Sure, it's not pretty to look at, but we can do some deep manipulation and mapping to existing entities in Dynamics that is frankly a chore in any sort of other migration tool.

Ninja Edit: To handle stuff like scheduling, endpoints, etc we use Azure functions.

Re: Show HN: Parabola.io – Automate your work with visual programming

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Post by cbkirk »

closetnerd wrote: post #37

Is there any plans to offer Jira/Atlassian integration?

That's definitely on our roadmap, and we move things around based on need/interest of users. Shoot us an email to hi [at] parabola.io with what you're looking to do and we'd love to see how we can help.

Re: Show HN: Parabola.io – Automate your work with visual programming

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Post by DonHopkins »

some_account wrote: post #41
alexyaseen wrote: post #5

Hi HN! I’m Alex from Parabola ( https://parabola.io ). Parabola is a visual programming tool for creating functional data flows that everyone can use. It’s entirely drag-and-drop, handles data sizes much larger than a traditional spreadsheet, calculates everything live, and can run your flows on a schedule of your choosing. I used to work in strategy consulting, doing data analytics for SMBs and Fortune 500 companies…

It's a very nice idea but these tools always have limitations that become super annoying after a while. Programming is total freedom to do what you want and these tools try to make it look like you cab drag and drop data flows together and it will just work in a optimal way. And it will at first, until your first special or odd requirement needs to somehow be implemented in that tool.

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First class functions.

Visual lexical closures.

User defined blocks including control structures.

Macros and special forms.

Call with current continuation!

Written in JavaScript and easy to integrate with JavaScript libraries.

https://snap.berkeley.edu

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https://s4scoding.com/adding-machine-learning-blocks-to-snap...

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Re: Show HN: Parabola.io – Automate your work with visual programming

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Post by dickbasedregex »

w_t_payne wrote: post #63
dickbasedregex wrote: post #18

I've been brainstorming a shallow, poor-man's poor man version of this. I couldn't hope to compete. This looks incredible. Kudos!

I've been trying to write a python-based version for embedded applications...

I could see that. I've heard the tools in that space are terrible. That related to your day job industry?

python-based version for tabular data processing & management, ecom oriented mostly (so basically op's product), myself.

Re: Show HN: Parabola.io – Automate your work with visual programming

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Post by ApolloRising »

I understand your business pricing but your personal pricing is quite high at 600/yr for a regular simple user. You may want to consider testing it because consumers are used to 10 per month for the entire adobe photography suite. I know you are just starting up but I think you are going to get less traction at that price point.

Re: Show HN: Parabola.io – Automate your work with visual programming

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Post by sharmata »

pier25 wrote: post #29

Obviously this is meant for companies or individuals without developers or technical skills. If you have the technical knowledge a lock in service like this doesn't make much sense. The problem is that someone without a technical background won't initially see the value in a tool like this and I doubt non technical companies/individuals will need as much automation to justify it's price. Edit: I think a much more sen…

wouldn't it save programmers time? Instead of setting up a writing a program, debugging it, maintaining it, etc?

Re: Show HN: Parabola.io – Automate your work with visual programming

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Post by w_t_payne »

dickbasedregex wrote: post #65
w_t_payne wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been trying to write a python-based version for embedded applications...

I could see that. I've heard the tools in that space are terrible. That related to your day job industry? python-based version for tabular data processing & management, ecom oriented mostly (so basically op's product), myself.

My main motivation is to have a tool that I can use for both prototyping algorithms and bringing those algorithms into production without having to jump to an entirely different set of tools and techniques.
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