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Re: Apache Superset

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Post by jakjak123 »

noduerme wrote: post #20

So it's irritating to me that this is ranking #1 on HN (why is it, btw?) I just pulled the trigger on a large data gathering project using Metabase, and feel a bit hampered by the limitations in terms of charts and plugins... but I considered Superset first, and after a lot of thought I decided that almost everything I've ever worked with that was run by the Apache foundation turned out to be semi-abandoned disasterw…

I have the opposite experience. Lots of good stuff is hosted by Apache Foundation, such as Kafka, Maven, Cassandra, Camel, the Tika project, Superset, Solr, but I will admit they had more relevance 10 years ago. And I dont think there are many organizations that keep open source projects alive longer than the Apache projects.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by jimvin »

ldjkfkdsjnv wrote: post #10

I remember using Superset in 2017 or so, was forced to by a manager that would not pay for off the shelf software. I also did a few open source contributions to fix some bugs, it was a disaster. A huge rats nest of python. Might have changed in the last few years, am surprised its still active

It's definitely come a long way since 2017! It's improved markedly in terms of functionality and performance. It looks much prettier now as well.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by rglullis »

skadamat wrote: post #53
rglullis wrote: post #31

Anyone that worked it and could compare with Redash?

Well Redash got acquired so development stopped, biggest difference between Superset & Redash. Preset.io supports Superset still

Redash development slowed down for sure, but it's not looking abandoned. It's just that I've been using it for some time now, I'm wondering if is anything feature-wise that could justify the switch.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by Jzush »

adeptima wrote: post #26

Had a very good experience with Superset. Superset allowed us to replace Tableau and not looking back Took me a while figure out how to embed it into my app using Superset Embedded SDK. Superset Embedded SDK - "Embedded SDK allows you to embed dashboards from Superset into your own app, using your app's authentication. Embedding is done by inserting an iframe, containing a Superset page, into the host application." h…

I’d like to see these types of apps start offering SVG embedding of things like graphs. Frames are such a pain.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by nekoashide »

smaudet wrote: post #30
noduerme wrote: post #20

So it's irritating to me that this is ranking #1 on HN (why is it, btw?) I just pulled the trigger on a large data gathering project using Metabase, and feel a bit hampered by the limitations in terms of charts and plugins... but I considered Superset first, and after a lot of thought I decided that almost everything I've ever worked with that was run by the Apache foundation turned out to be semi-abandoned disasterw…

"semi-abandoned disasterware" Hmm. I suppose all open source looks that way if it doesn't get regular funding/attention. Apache does house a lot of abandonware. They had some relevance as recently as 6-7 years ago but they've been largely replaced by nginx I think. That being said, I view them like the local soup-kitchen - important to have and maintain, but not where I want to go for a 5-star meal.

Any time I hear "Apache Foundation" my stomach turns as I hesitate to ask my next question. "What we are trying to use from them is built on Java right"

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by lars_francke »

bombcar wrote: post #42
lars_francke wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> almost everything I've ever worked with that was run by the Apache foundation turned out to be semi-abandoned disasterware over time Can you name a few examples?

Here's the list: https://projects.apache.org/projects.html?name OpenOffice is probably the most famous (it still has the name, but it is dead, LibreOffice is the real "active" fork). And the things in the "Attic" are officially dead - https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?attic and many more projects should be there.

I think it's a great feature to have explicit lifecycle for open source projects.

Lots of other projects just die silently and/or you are unsure of the status.

Here you at least have a chance to revive them if you like as there is always an overarching organisation.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by adlpz »

CalRobert wrote: post #16
adlpz wrote: post #9

Has anyone tried both this and Metabase? I've used Metabase in a few projects and I find it very nice. This seems more powerful, perhaps? Is it worth it for BI on small datasets?

Yes, I am at a company using Metabase, but I have a decent amount of experience with Superset (albeit from many years ago). The reason we chose Metabase was that it had table joins, while Superset doesn't (unless it has added them since I used it). It also looks a bit sleeker. But I strongly prefer Superset; I found that with Metabase I had to turn a lot of things off to make it usable (Let me see "the_table" not "Th…

Thanks! Very detailed answer.

I've found the weird "make it easy" mindset a bit annoying with Metabase too. The whole questions, nice table names...

I'll give Superset a try in my next project I think.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by zX41ZdbW »

Superset is powerful, but I wonder why they don't fix "papercuts", e.g., misaligned pixels on a spinner, or inability to copy a value from a table's cell, or non-monospace font for numbers in a table, etc. There are hundreds of small annoyances in the product.

Re: Apache Superset

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Post by hughess »

adeptima wrote: post #26

Had a very good experience with Superset. Superset allowed us to replace Tableau and not looking back Took me a while figure out how to embed it into my app using Superset Embedded SDK. Superset Embedded SDK - "Embedded SDK allows you to embed dashboards from Superset into your own app, using your app's authentication. Embedding is done by inserting an iframe, containing a Superset page, into the host application." h…

We use ECharts in our open source BI tool (Evidence) and it's a great library. Has helped us build a declarative syntax for viz which can be version controlled (https://evidence.dev)

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