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

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Post by chasil »

ajmurmann wrote: post #42
WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #12

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> For me: Try queries without the hassle of setting up a database. sqlite3 some-file.db That's the whole "database setup" in case of SQLite.

How do I get this sqlite3 command to work on my Chromebook? When I type this in on my Windows machine it's not working either. Are there other steps I need to take first?

On your Chromebook, load the Linux subsystem, which you can find in settings.

It will give you a shell that will have SQLite.

For Windows, download the interactive command line tool from sqlite.org.

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

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Post by sqliteonline »

gregsadetsky wrote: post #89
sqliteonline wrote: post #8

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Thank you, unfortunately, almost zero.

hey, not to give you "armchair" advice, but I feel like a tool that's existed for 11 years and has 11k daily users is a super serious achievement. I'd vicariously love for you to be able to make some/more revenue with this! +1 on @redox99's comment that charging in rubles is most probably confusing, and that a flat $10 usd/month would be easier. I also would think that renewal should actually be on by default, not of…

Thank you. I have been considering various monetization approaches, evaluating their convenience and potential demand. Unfortunately, certain external factors currently prevent me from implementing everything as I would like. However, I still have several ideas that I hope will be engaging, in demand, and easy to pay for.

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

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Post by sqliteonline »

foofoo12 wrote: post #90
sqliteonline wrote: post #16

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Yes, the issue may be caused by WebRTC being disabled in your browser settings.

The right thing to do it to handle that gracefully on the website and inform the user.

You are right. I am gradually trying to describe all potential user issues more clearly, but unfortunately, it is still not done comprehensively.

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

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Post by sqliteonline »

Towaway69 wrote: post #66

Great job and many kudos for the determination to maintain a tool for 11 years! I thankfully have no use for the tool since I no longer have to code SQL - the world is a better place for it. It raises the question how many more "bus tools"[1] are there? Tools maintained and developed by a single developer with whom, when hit by a bus, the tool would die. [1] no offence meant but "bus developers" is the term I learnt,…

Thank you. Our entire life is but a moment: something disappears, and something new emerges.

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

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Post by crazygringo »

qmmmur wrote: post #81
crazygringo wrote: post #76

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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…

Can’t people decide themselves what it’s for?

No?

I don't have the time to spend 10 minutes getting to know a product's features to try to figure out what it might be for.

Just tell me what it's for.

I mean, it's great if people can figure out other uses for it too. If they want to use it in a new way, awesome -- don't get me wrong. But products are generally built with specific purposes in mind. So don't hide those.

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

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Post by sqliteonline »

crazygringo wrote: post #95
qmmmur wrote: post #81

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Can’t people decide themselves what it’s for?

No? I don't have the time to spend 10 minutes getting to know a product's features to try to figure out what it might be for. Just tell me what it's for. I mean, it's great if people can figure out other uses for it too. If they want to use it in a new way, awesome -- don't get me wrong. But products are generally built with specific purposes in mind. So don't hide those.

Thank you for your feedback. The idea was to make the product understandable without additional explanations, but it seems I didn’t achieve that. I have a lot to improve.

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

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Post by conductr »

encom wrote: post #55
ajmurmann wrote: post #42

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How do I get this sqlite3 command to work on my Chromebook? When I type this in on my Windows machine it's not working either. Are there other steps I need to take first?

>my Chromebook LOL >my Windows If you're the kind of person who even knows what SQL, SQLite or hell even a database is, you already know SQLite runs on pretty much anything.

Why would you assume that's the kind of person you're responding to? Their question alone leads me to believe it's exactly not that kind of person.

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

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Post by conductr »

tantalor wrote: post #77
alberth wrote: post #49

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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 understa…

This is accurate. Back then nobody went to google and was confused when it was just an input box. They went there already knowing it was a search engine and that search engines needed input. They came back because the results were so good (relative to competitors).

The clean interface just stood out as the other competitors at the time we're bogged down by ads. So a quick loading page in a time of slow internet connections, was a very nice user-centric feature.

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