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Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by hungerstrike »

matthewmacleod wrote: post #118
hungerstrike wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm happy with what I already have on Windows. I've never seen a better client than SQL Server Management Studio or SQL Server Data Tools and this tool doesn't look like it even comes close. Honestly, I've never seen a native macOS app that I thought was any good though. That's why I typically just use them to compile my stuff for iOS. If I have to use some program on a Mac, I hope it's got a somewhat familiar interf…

Honestly, I've never seen a native macOS app that I thought was any good though Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but I do find it ludicrous, and I'm sure many other people will too. Proper, well-implemented macOS apps are great – ones that properly use all of the system services and toolkits make it really, really nice to work with them.

Pfffft. Mac fanatics are in the vast minority.

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by prputnam »

turtlebits wrote: post #128
dancek wrote: post #122

I've been using DataGrip by JetBrains for a while now. I have no qualms with it, but the price would be an issue if I didn't have the full JetBrains pack already from my employer. What is the killer feature of TablePlus? Should I try it even though I'm happy with DataGrip? Or is it just as good for a lower price? https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/

DataGrip has one of the worst UI's (if not the worst) I've ever used. If you create a new database (not using Datagrip), it won't show up in until you go manually enable it to be shown. I ran into so many issues wondering why my created databases didn't show up. (while spamming the refresh button in the toolbar). And ended up spending extra time to verify that they were there Eventually figured out the setting is hid…

While I have had my far share of head-scratchers trying to find the proper setting for x, I would certainly disagree that DataGrip has one of the worst UIs. I have used it daily for the past two years with a variety of databases (MySQL, Postgres, and Redshift for the most part), and honestly it seems like the best tool out there right now.

What tool is your preference?

Re: Show HN: TablePlus – A macOS client for relational databases

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Post by huyphams »

stephenr wrote: post #155

Their tech stack faq ( https://tableplus.io/faq ) mentions "go for server side" Can someone confirm what this is related to? Surely this app isnt sending all connections via some server(farm) the developers control?

No, I'm the author. I confirmed with you that we didn't track any your connections/database information (you can find it out in our privacy: https://tableplus.io/privacy)

We use Fabric to track crash and A/B testing and it's anonymous data, the data tracking clicks on a button etc.. and not related to your database content.

You can use some network tracking to track TablePlus traffic to verify it by yourself.

TablePlus server side is using for our website and licensing.

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