I inadvertently built something similar:
We should talk. If your open source roadmap includes getting rid of your npm dependency then we might just migrate to Pynecone for our front-end.
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Re: Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
#32Looks great. I am excited to play with it.
One nit, on your landing page it has a typo, missing "framework /that/ doesn't" > Never get locked into a framework doesn't support your existing tech stack.
Also, your Gallery has highly responsive SPAs, but for some reason the counter here[1] is very slow on a cold load
Re: Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
#33wow, this is how heaven looks like.
Thank you!!
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#34At first I was very skeptical, but after looking further at the examples I feel like you pretty much nailed the developer experience. I have not used this yet but I will definitely check it out.
Is there a roadmap? I see the GitHub project board is pretty focused on v0.1.20. I am curious what are your plans for client side code via wasm? I feel like that is a critical missing piece for me.
Re: Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
#35Is this similar to Unicorn for Django? https://www.django-unicorn.com/
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#36Maybe this is a silly question, but why not target WASM instead of React/NextJS?
We definitely plan on doing this in the future to offload on the server. Unfortunately python WASM libraries aren’t at the level we would need yet.
Thanks for the answer. Maybe it would have been better for me to ask if you are planning to improve the python WASM libraries yourself or are you going to wait for the existing community to get them to the point where they're usable for a project like this?
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#37This looks cool. As someone who is CSS challenged, I have been waiting for more frameworks like this (seems similar in concept to pyjamas/vaadin/gwt). Ideally, with an even lower barrier of entry and hopefully well maintained.
EDIT: I see that the website is generated using pynecone itself. Looks very nice - cool stuff.
Re: Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
#38Love the idea. As someone who's not trying to build The Next Big Thing (TM), but just get some stuff done - I appreciate the focus on the basics. A lot of the python webui's are heavily focused on AI/ML related stuff, which is cool - but what about those of us who just want to build an internal tool that does 5 specific things and nothing more? I try to avoid javascript if at all possible, so "python front to back" is really appealing.
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#39I've tested Pynecone recently and it's pretty good. I'm wondering how do you intend to create a business around this library.
Thanks! We're building a hosting service that you can deploy your apps to. Our plan is to have a free tier for your first app, then charge for additional apps. We're still finalizing this, so would love to hear any thoughts.
It would be cool if you could create a payment component that just takes money off the top. Than anyone could build practically an unlimited amount of saas apps not worry about hosting and if they get paid you get paid.
One reason I looked at Dreamhost for hosting is they have an unlimited # of websites tier that is super cheap(sucks because it's php). If you can't build a payment component then some kind of pay as you go option would be cool.
Re: Launch HN: Pynecone (YC W23) – Web Apps in Pure Python
#40I like it. Reminds me of Vaadin and friends.
One question regarding the states: when do I get a new State allocated? Is it with every new tab? It's definitely not per-browser-session: if I open a new tab I seem to get a new state, while undoing a closed tab seems to recover its state with it though.
Also are old states gc'ed?