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Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?

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Post by antoaravinth »

tango12 wrote: post #220
antoaravinth wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does hasura supports database replication? When I looked last time, it wasn't. Also I feel these tools are not enterprise ready, IMHO.

(I'm from Hasura) Hasura connects to a read replicas and manages connection pooling across the database cluster. Hasura itself is stateless so it doesn't do the database replication.

Thanks for the reply. Also, when I run in an microservice architecture, how does hasura handles say for example websocket across the services? Do we need to depend on any other library?

Can you share some samples for these things if available. I will be glad to look at it.

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Post by cuchoi »

peschu wrote: post #116
cuchoi wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you expand on how is Zapier helping? I am using Airtable + Python because I felt too constrained by Zapier.

May I ask, what a (real) use case for airtable would be? When I saw 1200/5000 rows per "base" I was searching for the "k" (x1000) but they seem to be serious. I don't see a real advantage for example to g suite(maybe only that it is not google) :)? But maybe I just don't see the point...thx for clarification

The main real advantage for me are linked records, which allows you to keep your data normalized. Let's say you have a data model with 10 tables that have foreign keys among each other. For users it will be easier and less error-prone to link records using the Airtable UI rather than Google Sheets.

You could do this with a "out-of-the-box" CRUD app in RoR or Django, but Airtable gives a ton of more flexibility and quick iteration if you data model is changing or adapting.

It does have plenty of drawbacks so I wouldn't use it for every project.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?

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Post by tango12 »

antoaravinth wrote: post #221
tango12 wrote: post #220

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I'm from Hasura) Hasura connects to a read replicas and manages connection pooling across the database cluster. Hasura itself is stateless so it doesn't do the database replication.

Thanks for the reply. Also, when I run in an microservice architecture, how does hasura handles say for example websocket across the services? Do we need to depend on any other library? Can you share some samples for these things if available. I will be glad to look at it.

That works automatically!

1. During the lifetime of a websocket connection, bytes should be routed to the same Hasura instance. This most service routers / load balancers should take care of automatically.

2. Subsequent connections from different clients to Hasura need not go to the same instance! This makes horizontal scaling painless.

(Is this what you meant?)

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?

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Post by ollerac »

tyingq wrote: post #213
ollerac wrote: post #123

I'm writing my own low code framework[0], so I'm really interested in this space. Over the past five weeks, I've been compiling a list of the most interesting software in this space. Here's an early draft: "The Low-Code Ecosystem" https://blog.remaketheweb.com/low-code-frameworks-for-buildi... I think there's _a ton_ of amazing tools being developed in this area right now. I'm looking forward to seeing how things dev…

Terrific list. Thanks for putting it together. You might update the AppMaker link. Unsurprisingly, Google has abandoned it, and it will shut down in Jan 2021. https://developers.google.com/appmaker You might also add Quickbase and Knack to that same section. They are pretty popular.

Thanks tyingq! I removed AppMaker and added Knack (which looks awesome btw). I decided against Quickbase because I want to focus on non-enterprisey tools and focus on products that are more friendly to small businesses and solopreneurs.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?

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Post by tyingq »

ollerac wrote: post #225
tyingq wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terrific list. Thanks for putting it together. You might update the AppMaker link. Unsurprisingly, Google has abandoned it, and it will shut down in Jan 2021. https://developers.google.com/appmaker You might also add Quickbase and Knack to that same section. They are pretty popular.

Thanks tyingq! I removed AppMaker and added Knack (which looks awesome btw). I decided against Quickbase because I want to focus on non-enterprisey tools and focus on products that are more friendly to small businesses and solopreneurs.

Ahh...I wasn't aware Quickbase repositioned themselves. They used to have a per-user price that was fine for small teams. I see now that the minimum plan is pretty big.

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?

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Post by mmalaguti »

nselman wrote: post #223

I work at YC-backed https://draftbit.com -- we're in private beta but I can prioritize invites for anyone asking themselves this same question. It's pretty much what we're here to solve.

I would love to get in as I am definitely asking myself this question. This seems great!

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite low-coding apps / tools as a developer?

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Post by codeguitardog »

CodeWithDerrick wrote: post #209

Not really low code but of similar concept, www.WayScript.com is great tool for those who need the low code "training wheels." But if you know how to code, they'll let you take the training wheels off and let you write full code in their editor. I'd argue there isn't a more robust solution out there than WayScript's.

WayScript is great for this. I can use low-code to set up instant Cron, API event triggering (like a Slack/Discord message, Salesforce updated, etc.), or HTTP requests. Then I can mix this with writing code in python w third party libraries.

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Post by sseppola »

cpursley wrote: post #62
gavinray wrote: post #15

Hasura by far, lets you point-and-click build your database and table relationships with a web dashboard and autogenerates a full GraphQL CRUD API with permissions you can configure and JWT/webhook auth baked-in. https://hasura.io/ I've been able to build in a weekend no-code what would've taken my team weeks or months to build by hand, even with something as productive as Rails. It automates the boring stuff and you…

This is similar to what we're doing! Hasura + AutoCRUD framework + Metabase is a great stack for putting together a solid business application in no time. Combine Hasura (automatic GraphQL on top of PostgreSQL) with React Admin (low code CRUD apps similar to Forest) and you can build an entire back office admin suite or form app (API endpoints and admin front end) in a matter of hours. This adaptor connects react-adm…

May I ask, why not just use the official provider? https://github.com/hasura/ra-data-hasura
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