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Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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I don't understand the people trying to convince others that this tool is useless by saying "just do it this way, duh!". It is useful, even from a rapid glimpse at the website. Be kind and sensible.

The just-use-rsync line of thinking doesn't go away https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

I'm at the point where I know exactly what comment that is because of the comment ID of 9224. Don't even need to mention rsync, Dropbox, or anything else.

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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I am really struggling to figure out what this is or how it provides value. Edit: This discussion isn't exactly what I was hoping for. I was looking for ways to better highlight the features or value proposition of this site. Not defenestrate it altogether. E.g.: A simple modal that says "Welcome to SQLite Online! You can with this tool." would have radically altered my initial perception.

> You can It may be difficult to briefly describe all the website’s capabilities right now, but the key features include: * Federated queries across external and internal data sources. * Using query history as a source for new requests. * Collaborative access to databases — both server and local, with structure synchronization. * Automatic chart generation based on queries. * And much more, including hidden features…

If you want your points to appear in different lines in HN, use two backspaces :)

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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> You can It may be difficult to briefly describe all the website’s capabilities right now, but the key features include: * Federated queries across external and internal data sources. * Using query history as a source for new requests. * Collaborative access to databases — both server and local, with structure synchronization. * Automatic chart generation based on queries. * And much more, including hidden features…

If you want your points to appear in different lines in HN, use two backspaces :)

Thank you

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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I'd highly suggest getting a designer, or somehow thinking with more of a product mindset? I fail to understand what it does quickly, which shouldn't happen to a potential customer.

11k daily users is very good even without this so-called "product mindset"!

Imagine how many more users could be using if it had a product mindset.

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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Don't localise messages if you don't have anyone to proofread. Browsers have built in translation nowadays that users can activate if they need.

Or use the latest llms for translation

The sufficiently-late LLM seems a bit like a true Scotsman. After your comment, the OP explained that they did, in fact, use an LLM for translation. No info about whether it was "the latest".

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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I am really struggling to figure out what this is or how it provides value. Edit: This discussion isn't exactly what I was hoping for. I was looking for ways to better highlight the features or value proposition of this site. Not defenestrate it altogether. E.g.: A simple modal that says "Welcome to SQLite Online! You can with this tool." would have radically altered my initial perception.

Yup, I think it would be a big help if the home page ('/') was a landing page explaining who it's for and why, and why. Is this for students? For prototyping? For quick analysis? Sample data? Importing real data? Use cases are key.

And then have a big hero button leading to the the actual tool ('/app' or '/playground' or whatever). Maybe preloaded with different sample data depending on the use case.

Right now, being dumped into a complicated interface with zero explanation is very confusing. (None of this is to criticize the project itself, just to help identify it to the people who might find the most value in it!)

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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I guess if the target audience is people who already know what it is?

Devils advocate: when Google launched it was just a blank form field. Similar to ChatGPT. But those who knew what it is, their usage is huge.

That's an absurd comparison.

At the time there were dozens of search engines and new ones every day. Everybody knew what search engines were, and what they offered. Google did not invent the form field -> SRP pattern; people were already used to that. Google was able to rise above the field because 1. yes the homepage was nice, but more importantly 2. the results were so much better than competitors.

I don't understand the comparison to SQLite online because what are the well-known competitors, and what is it even trying to do?

Not even going to touch the ChatGPT comparison.

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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I am really struggling to figure out what this is or how it provides value. Edit: This discussion isn't exactly what I was hoping for. I was looking for ways to better highlight the features or value proposition of this site. Not defenestrate it altogether. E.g.: A simple modal that says "Welcome to SQLite Online! You can with this tool." would have radically altered my initial perception.

As an educator I would've loved to have this last time I was teaching SQL.

1: No install

2: Ephermal (just reload if you've messed up?)

3: Good syntax highlighting

4: Visual UI to navigate the model

Why to pay for it though? That's a harder nut to crack, the UI is quite nice compared to many I've seen so maybe sell as an addon for those that provider hosted databases, collaborative spaces or as a desktop app. No obvious slam dunks though.

Re: Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users

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Thank you, unfortunately, almost zero.

It's weird you show the price in some currency I don't even know what it is (even if it says 10 dollars small next to it). Just show and charge 10 USD. You can localize that other currency (Rubles?) if GeoIP matches.

It's possible the local legislation disallows charging in non-local currency. Eg. can you charge in rubles in USA?
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