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

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Post by dewey »

alberth wrote: post #109

Unsolicited suggestion: since some people are asking "what is this". Maybe buy a new domain name like below (and direct to your existing from this new url). EasyLearnSQL.com TrySQLonline.com LearnOnlineSQL.com All of these domain names are available for sale under $10. And the more descriptive name might allow you to not have to change the UI. (Very cool project by the way and congrats on 11 years)

In my opinion that's not good advice. Over the past 11 years this domain already built up some domain reputation and incoming links. Changing the domain for no good reason won't help with people understanding the use case of the site.

The domain doesn't really matter so much as you can see with "replit.com", "chatgpt.com" or "stripe.com" which don't explain anything either.

If you want to invest time I'd suggest:

- Clean up design (Remove multiple disclaimers, side bar etc.)

- Add h1/h2 that instantly explains what this is about

- Have a list of simple examples that can be executed, not just "select * from demo"

- If you want to increase traffic, take a look at "site:sqliteonline.com" on Google. There's currently only 14 pages indexed, so lots of low hanging fruits to optimize. Could also be extended by having pages dedicated to examples or a topic that people can land on if they search for things like "left join sqlite" etc.

- Change site title from "SQL Online AiDE - Next gen SQL Editor | SQL Compiler" to something explaining what this is about.

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

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Post by somehnguy »

conductr wrote: post #98
encom wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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.

Their question was sarcasm basically saying this site provides convenience by way of not needing any up front steps.

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

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Post by appcustodian2 »

foofoo12 wrote: post #110

What is the WebRTC connection used for?

P2P “Share/Collaborate” mode: the UI text and toasts (“Share”, “Close connect”, “connected”, “No connected.”) plus e.rtc.user strongly suggest a feature where someone “hosts” a DB and others connect directly to run queries/see results live.

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

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Post by ajmurmann »

chasil wrote: post #91
ajmurmann wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Thanks for your answer! That said, I know how to install SQLite and am well-familiar with it.

My point was that the parent's comment did not tell the full story. A student just trying to do the first baby steps with SQL won't know any of this. Yet with the website shown here, they can immediately focus on the actual SQL, no matter what devise they are on, as long as it has a functioning browser.

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