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Re: Show HN: Retool Mobile

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Post by raviparikh » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 3:10 PM UTC

asadlionpk wrote: post #72

raviparikh wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I cofounded Airplane.dev which you may want to look at. Everything you build in Airplane is normal JS/Python/React etc code that you can store in your codebase, version control, setup environments against, etc.

How's airplane doing in this somewhat saturated market? Compared to heap, which did alright I guess (I used it for my prev gig, loved it).

We’re doing pretty well! The majority of people using Airplane aren’t comparing it to Retool or any other products, but rather to building internal tools in-house. Since Airplane takes a code-based approach there are lots of eng teams that try it out who would never otherwise consider the low-code/no-code platforms. So there’s a lot of addressable market.

Glad you liked Heap :) That was a much more crowded market!

Re: Show HN: Retool Mobile

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Post by raviparikh » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 3:33 PM UTC

8n4vidtmkvmk wrote: post #75

you emailed me yesterday about a full-time frontend position, but made no mention of salary ranges. I'm not looking for a job right now, but if i were I'd want to know that up front so i could decide if it was worth my time. just a tip if you're trying to poach folks.

California and New York law states that you have to include salary ranges in job posts, from my understanding, so it might be worth checking their job board to see if they list them there.

Re: Show HN: Retool Mobile

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Post by manmal » Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 8:27 AM UTC

cjonas wrote: post #89

shawiz wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are working on custom components for Retool Mobile. With custom components, we hope to give folks the ability to paint whatever component they need on the Retool canvas but there will of course be scenarios where retool isn't the right choice. We also build escape hatches where you can write JavaScript anywhere in Retool. We like to think we can cover a very broad base, especially in the scenarios in which Retool…

Can you write well structured and reusuable code on retool? Can I write it in vscode, maybe even in typescript and deploy it up? Most implementations of the "escape hatch" I've come across require scattering fragmented snippets across the project with no support for building out well structured and reusuable code.

I have to second this. Sandbox.io recently added VSCode integration (real-time sync with the code in the sandbox, which is now hosted in a micro VM), and this is a really good experience.

Re: Show HN: Retool Mobile

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Post by C_NOXS » Tue, Jan 24, 2023, 5:11 PM UTC

Ive used retool for 5 years now and the new addition of Retool Mobile has been extremely useful for us in the past few months. The scanner and the camera components are especially useful and I think can have many potential uses in the near future for us.