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• The End of Airplane.dev

  I am building https://github.com/claceio/clace and https://retool.com/, allow automation of operational tasks through a web interface while also allowing fully custom web apps. Clace also works great for running simple web apps locally. Building and deploying a web app should be as easy and common for backend engineers as creating a CLI app is. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• FastUI: Build Better UIs Faster

  This seems to mainly be useful for spinning up quick and dirty internal tools. But for that use-case, isn't it easier to use something visual and established like Retool (https://retool.com/) or that generates nice react code, like MUI Toolpad (https://mui.com/toolpad/)? - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Internal tools often make bad startup ideas

  There are obvious counterexamples, like https://retool.com, which is a successful company with solid revenue and multi-B valuation. > software engineers — who are often influencers in a purchase decision — are strongly incentivized to build instead of buy Regardless of what software engineers would rather do, pressure from real users trumps pressure from internal users. This especially true in startups, whose... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• YC: Requests for Startups

  I submitted an application for w24 that fits in the "Developer tools inspired by existing internal tools" category but wasn't accepted. I suspect my pitch probably needed work, and I also haven't started building at all yet and submitted as a solo-founder which it seems has less chance of being accepted. Here's the pitch and some details, in case anyone else is interested in the idea: > Supportal uses AI to... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

  ReTool — Low-code platform for building internal applications. Retool is highly hackable. If you can write it with JavaScript and an API, you can make it in Retool. The free tier allows up to five users per month, unlimited apps and API connections. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago

• Why I'm skeptical of low-code

  I keep a list of them, I think I originally got most of these from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33592990 (not OSS) * OpenBlocks - https://github.com/openblocks-dev/openblocks * Interval - https://interval.com/ * Bracket - https://www.usebracket.com/ * Budibase - https://budibase.com/ * AppSmith - https://www.appsmith.com/ * ToolJet - https://www.tooljet.com/ I only have direct experience with AppSmith. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Top 12 No Code Tools for Running a One-Person Startup

  Retool | The fastest way to develop effective software. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video]

  You can export the app artifact and share it. The artifact is human readable and in a JSX format (called Toolscript). In this way it can be meaningfully interpreted, improved and customized by others in an open source manner. As for running the software the platform has a proprietary license obviously but you can host your own Retool backend from which to serve the apps to your end users (check the docker repo).... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video]

  It's even easier today with web browsers being the ubiquitous app platform, and the VB equivalent being https://retool.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• 'Overhyped' generative AI will get a 'cold shower' in 2024, analysts predict

  > I’m looking for AI that can do things other than make capitalism more efficient at parting people from their money. I think you're really under-estimating the positive, human value that can come out of what I'm describing. If you leave the world of software companies you'll find that a lot of humanity is wasting huge amounts of time on tasks that could be easily be automated. My most recent experience was the... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• I made a all-in-one web app to help me with my freelance admin tasks

  Something like this https://retool.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Building an Application Tracking System using Retool and ApyHub

  A Retool account (sign up at https://retool.com/). Source: 9 months ago

• Software used for Internal Tools?

  Check it out dude (not some affiliate or anything), but we use it at my company and it might fit the bill: https://retool.com/. Source: 11 months ago

• What are you using to build the backend for internal tools?

  Frontend has things like https://retool.com/ but what do you use for rapid (api) backend development, is it plain js/ts/express combo? Source: 11 months ago

• In a decentralized data mesh architecture, should data engineering tools be duplicated in each account?

  Retool: Also, some non-tech users connected retool.com dashboards to the data warehouse. Source: 11 months ago

• Ask HN: What are Airtable alternatives with higher rate limits?

  [Baserow], [APITable], [Grist], and [Rowy] are all open source Airtable alternatives which offer hosted SaaS versions that include API access, though it's a bit difficult to compare the API rate limits across all these products. Self-hosting an app like this would allow you to bypass API rate limits altogether, if you're open to it. All the above products can be self-hosted — and you might want to look at [NocoDB]... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• How we reduced our review time by 90%

  One case study for content moderation from YikYak, we migrated from Retool. - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago

• Discussion Around Bubble Pricing Changes

  • Retool (https://retool.com/) - Retool is a low-code development platform that enables you to quickly create backend components without coding. The platform is designed to be easy to use and has integrations with popular services such as Salesforce and Google Sheets. Source: about 1 year ago

• App builder

  To build the app, you can use retool. Source: about 1 year ago

• Alternatives to Sparklite?

  Probably the closest thing would be to use Google sheets with https://retool.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Low-code development (Node-RED alternative)

  Hi - PM from Retool here. Have you tried our product? Should be super easy ~5 min to spin up a table + form CRUD application for your database tables. Plus, we can be deployed on-premise with SSO and source control. https://retool.com/ Would love to hear what you think! - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago