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Not to knock this product; it's really impressive, and I like it, but it makes me wonder: does nobody just use phpmyadmin (or some phpmyadmin-like) for this kind of thing?

I have, and it's worked for me; even if it's a little daunting at first.

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Come on, it's the last thing I want to show to a non dev, or even to a dev. phpMyAdmin's interface is so cluttered, and way harder in the eyes for anyone who just want to go through the data and not deal with every part of the database with knobs all over the place, it's like sitting in a cockpit.

For sure, I think it's good for another purpose (playing with phpMyAdmin taught me to write queries by hand!)

I also got into the more nitty-gritty nuances of mysql through with phpmyadmin. Many things I find being done on client side "dashboard" applications can be handled by a mysql view, which can then be pulled up in phpmyadmin.

>> I also got into the more nitty-gritty nuances of mysql through with phpmyadmin.

Have to say phpmyadmin is underappreciated. Guess a bit of UI makover can do wonders for it.

I was speaking more to devs, but I agree to an extent.

I suppose I didn't realize how much a bad UI would alienate developers.

> Come on, it's the last thing I want to show to a non dev, or even to a dev. phpMyAdmin's interface is so cluttered, and way harder in the eyes for anyone who just want to go through the data and not deal with every part of the database with knobs all over the place, it's like sitting in a cockpit.

Thanks for replying, because that's a good description for part of the motivation to build the tool, and it's nice to hear that others are of the same mind.

I've worked on many projects over the years and typically I've seen need for different tools at both ends ... the complex "cockpit" for the power-user, and then the easy front end for something simple.

Building all of time-consuming little custom web utilities were the inspiration for this product. I hope others like me will find it useful.

Thanks for the kind words, and the feedback!

The idea here is that DataSpeeder enables the power user doing the db work to provide a simple web GUI for "non-admin" users who need to see some subset of the data in an easy way.

It's been my experience on projects over the years that there comes along a requirement to provide a simple view into a complex system.

All of those little custom web utilities were the inspiration for this product.

Rather than building a custom web app utility from scratch (because we're already too busy with day-to-day tasks and deadlines), DataSpeeder gives you a simple and easy end-user web GUI to the MySQL data that you can get up and running immediately.

Perhaps a scaled-down PhpMyAdmin deployment might get you there with some work and user-training, but DataSpeeder gets you something simple online very quickly ... Take a look at the "Create An Application" tutorial videos to see how fast it can be done: https://www.dataspeeder.com/support

Thanks again for the feedback!

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