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Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaign (neo4django)

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Re: Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaign (neo4django)

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Post by mhluongo »

showerst wrote: post #2

Without following more links, it's completely unclear to me what this project does, who you are, or why I should give you money. Maybe it's just inside-baseball that I don't understand, but I think you need rework your pitch page.

Sorry! I hadn't expected much non-niche interest in the campaign when I wrote the copy. Neo4django is a Django ORM replacement for the Neo4j graph database. I'm the primary dev, but since our startup supporting the project is on hold, I'm trying to find time to keep up development- this campaign will help me complete the next milestone.

Re: Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaign (neo4django)

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Post by mhluongo »

kanwisher wrote: post #3

I'm really confused why I would want a ORM for a graph database. Seems like its a totally different usecase

Not really- objects map better to graphs than relational databases, actually! I typically try to market the project as an OGM - Object Graph Mapper - but there's a bit of confusion there, since it uses the DSL established by the Django ORM.

In addition to providing the familiar data-access DSL established by Django for Neo4j, the project also enables auth and admin support atop the graph.

Re: Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaign (neo4django)

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Post by mhluongo »

zeckalpha wrote: post #6

How does this compare to Bulbflow? http://bulbflow.com/overview/

Bulbflow is great, but a little lower-level and doesn't offer much Django-specific integration (eg auth, admin, signals). It expects you to learn more about Neo4j, for better or worse.

Re: Beg HN - last day for my open source crowdfunding campaign (neo4django)

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Post by amirouche »

mhluongo wrote: post #8
zeckalpha wrote: post #6

How does this compare to Bulbflow? http://bulbflow.com/overview/

Bulbflow is great, but a little lower-level and doesn't offer much Django-specific integration (eg auth, admin, signals). It expects you to learn more about Neo4j, for better or worse.

bulbflow avoids vendor lock-in via rexster.
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