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Launch HN: Paragon (YC W20) – Visually Build API Workflows

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Re: Launch HN: Paragon (YC W20) – Visually Build API Workflows

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Great product! I was part of a team that wanted to rapidly test different marketing approaches using data in Salesforce etc. My colleagues were mostly non-technical so I had them try out Zapier and they loved it! I can see how Paragon can be useful to them.

Quick question - are you using some kind of UI library to power the graphical builder? I recall coming across a JS library in the past that looked very similar but I can't remember what it was called.

Re: Launch HN: Paragon (YC W20) – Visually Build API Workflows

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This looks great! How do you define a "task"?

Thank you! We consider a task to be an "action" that's performed in your Paragon workflow, e.g. a function execution, database query, or API request.

Would that include things like the conditional in the image on your landing page? From the image on the landing page there are two boxes labeled action but I would think you also charge for the Requests.

Re: Launch HN: Paragon (YC W20) – Visually Build API Workflows

#55

Looks similar to https://pipedream.com/ , which is a pretty neat tool.

No pricing and no self-hosting option (either/or would be fine of course). A pretty neat tool for hobbies, maybe...

Hi there, Pipedream co-founder and engineer here. Paid plans are coming soon. We launched with a free tier during our beta to let developers experiment and solicit feedback improve the product for the longer-term.

Would love if you had a chance to give it a spin. We're always eager to hear what can be improved.

Re: Launch HN: Paragon (YC W20) – Visually Build API Workflows

#56

Great product! I was part of a team that wanted to rapidly test different marketing approaches using data in Salesforce etc. My colleagues were mostly non-technical so I had them try out Zapier and they loved it! I can see how Paragon can be useful to them. Quick question - are you using some kind of UI library to power the graphical builder? I recall coming across a JS library in the past that looked very similar bu…

Thank you! We built it ourselves in React, though we used the styled-components and react-beautiful-dnd packages for building the components and helping with the dragging functionality. - https://styled-components.com - https://github.com/atlassian/react-beautiful-dnd
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