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Is there an ongoing trend of sketchy "OSS" product offerings using this same website layout and similar fake quotes from users? I feel like I'm seeing this a lot recently.
I see some serious red flags on their homepage: * "Partners" just seem to be logo-hijacking potential hosting platforms (not actual partnerships) * Most of the links in the footer don't work * The testimonials use fake names + stock art * API keys checked into a public repo * Seems to be built by (or somehow associated with) this company (h https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/312911-47 ), but with no links back Pl…
Without the screenshots and partner-claims I would think they are just overly enthusiastic. But the whole highly professional sales vibes for such a fresh project makes it just untrustable.
Is there an ongoing trend of sketchy "OSS" product offerings using this same website layout and similar fake quotes from users? I feel like I'm seeing this a lot recently.
What's the angle? How would somebody exploit people through offering a sketchy OSS product?
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We use Airtable a lot with work projects; I also use it for some personal stuff - a web-available relational database is very convenient. But yup, it’s still slow as molasses.
Are they mostly for marketing? I have never needed something like Airtable, so just curious.
Is it just me or is this category of product exploding right now? Here, a list of similar tools that let you easily make a data model and generate some descent UI from it ? https://budibase.com/ https://baserow.io/ https://directus.io/ https://strapi.io/ https://nocodb.com/ https://keystonejs.com/ https://saltcorn.com/ https://www.plasmic.app/ https://www.appsmith.com/ https://www.jigdev.com/ https://www.sanity.io/ h…
Isnt there some joke that every month a new starup tries to reinvent pivot tables?
Also try out NocoDB as a good air table alternative.
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What's the angle? How would somebody exploit people through offering a sketchy OSS product?
Investment. There are multiple VC groups trying to fund products in this space and using GitHub and other metrics to pick targets
For those who have tried, how does this compare to other Airtable alternatives like Nocodb, Baserow, Seatable, etc?
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> Airtable is so so nice as a backend/DB for simple sites, and I'm intrigued by an open source competitor! https://baserow.io/
Looks interesting but it’s only open-core: loads of important features locked behind subscription pricing, plus you lose the ability to self-host: https://baserow.io/pricing