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Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by dalacv » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:01 PM UTC

I just took a look at QueryStorm. Very cool indeed.

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by hitekker » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:01 PM UTC

anakic wrote: post #4

nolok wrote: post #2

I have to say, without even looking at the actual product, seeing it use the FooStorm naming from jetbrains while being a paid product isn't inspiring much confidence.

Yeah, I do get that comment every now and then. It was originally called ThingieQuery, but then I got people saying that they liked it but couldn't ask a manager to buy something called ThingieQuery. I didn't consciously steal the JetBrains naming, but the first time someone pointed it out my reaction was d'oh...

I think you're fine on the name.

Jetbrains doesn't have dominance yet on Storm (they only offer PhpStorm and WebStorm) and your website UI is also somewhat different from theirs.

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by ninjamayo » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:04 PM UTC

Hey I am so glad this is working. I talked with you via reddit when you first started working on the project. It looks like it has grown dramatically over the years.

Well done!

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by iovrthoughtthis » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:05 PM UTC

This looks awesome! Have you thought about joining https://wip.chat

Lots of fellow makers in there :)

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by whoisthemachine » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:07 PM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #5

anakic wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I do get that comment every now and then. It was originally called ThingieQuery, but then I got people saying that they liked it but couldn't ask a manager to buy something called ThingieQuery. I didn't consciously steal the JetBrains naming, but the first time someone pointed it out my reaction was d'oh...

What about "ExcQL" ?

Or, since the original motivation came from his (presumably) ex-girlfriend, perhaps just "ExQL"?

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by gnomespaceship » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:09 PM UTC

Fortunately, I don't use Excel at work, but this was a very entertaining read. Thanks @anakic!

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by whoisthemachine » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:10 PM UTC

This looks great - nice work. If I get asked to do something complex in Excel again, I may give this a go :)

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by ataturk » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:12 PM UTC

Every place I have ever worked had that same kind of shitty Excel/Access pile of crap including the manual instructions. It's like people can't understand that if you can write down a procedure for someone to follow you can automate that procedure.

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by anakic » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:13 PM UTC

whoisthemachine wrote: post #25

sbarre wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about "ExcQL" ?

Or, since the original motivation came from his (presumably) ex-girlfriend, perhaps just "ExQL"?

Love it, haha <3

Re: I wandered off and built an IDE

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Post by prab97 » Fri, Apr 06, 2018, 12:16 PM UTC

So, what color is your mansion?

Great project by the way!