Interesting how the reception seem to be different this time around compared to when they were called Pynecone. At least that is my recollection. I follow this project with interest, I don't understand all that "you shouldn't do x with y". Each to their own requirements, its great to have a choice.
Reflex – Web apps in pure Python
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Re: Reflex – Web apps in pure Python
#52That seems like a very unergonomic API.
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#53My major complain here is that, as far as being a web framework there is precious little information here about the framework. How does this framework scale with multiple requests? What concurrency strategy is it using (threads, processes, actors, etc?). Is this opinionated (it doesn't seem so but it also doesn't say it isn't either). How does this work with popular libraries x,y,z. The full docs have a little bit mo…
This isn't a web framework, it's something to get you up and running ASAP. It's probably not worth it for anything other than utility/one-off, but there's nothing wrong with that.
No offense, but the play framework docs are objectively worse, it feels very "enterprisey" and too many clicks (the "Hello World Tutorial" spans 3 pages)
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#54Why are we trying to fit a square peg into a round hole
Maybe it is easier to learn a framework within the ecosystem of a language you already know than to learn both a framework and a new language. Tons of software exists for this reason. For example, somewhat relevant here, web apps in R via R Shiny: https://www.rstudio.com/products/shiny/ (There is also Shiny for Python IIRC.)
Agreed.
There's a time and place for quick and dirty interfaces to kick off server-side code, which is what this feels like.
There is definitely that barrier to entry to have to write server side routes and html/js to interact with them.
Re: Reflex – Web apps in pure Python
#55I played with this yesterday. The counter demo app (two buttons and a number) transfers ~2.5MB compressed, which uncompresses to ~12MB. Completely ridiculous!
Hey are you running in dev mode or prod mode I just tried the counter in prod mode and it was 340.1 KB compressed?
I see, I was indeed running it in dev mode without realizing it. It's indeed much better that production mode is a much more reasonable size.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey are you running in dev mode or prod mode I just tried the counter in prod mode and it was 340.1 KB compressed?
I see, I was indeed running it in dev mode without realizing it. It's indeed much better that production mode is a much more reasonable size.
Yes, dev mode is just for developing/creating and has hot reloading enabled.
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#59$5 million raised for hosting? I honestly fail to understand the ways of VC despite a decade of trying to understand them.
VC looking for an aquihire payout. I haven’t looked, but perhaps some of the team is ex-FAANG and the VC is counting on a purchase price > $5mil.
Re: Reflex – Web apps in pure Python
#60Interesting how the reception seem to be different this time around compared to when they were called Pynecone. At least that is my recollection. I follow this project with interest, I don't understand all that "you shouldn't do x with y". Each to their own requirements, its great to have a choice.
Yeah HN loved Pynecone! [x] I wonder if the new name is landing poorly or tides are turning against this 'everything in Python' space. Or the "Launch HN" tag encourages positive feedback.