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A 3D personal library you can walk around in: point it at a folder of PDFs and EPUBs and get a lakeside cabin whose shelves are your collection.

This is not a framework, but I see tremendous value in going to people who already know the skill first. At least in my experience, there's a tendency for people to start learning on their own before they feel comfortable asking questions.

Often I try to skip this (rather tedious) process and go to someone who has knowledge in the area. Often I don't need an actual 'expert' but someone who's already intermediate. Asking the right questions can speed up the learning process tremendously! In addition, many people are willing to relatively cheaply (think: a meal; cup of coffee; etc.) let you pick their brain.

Thank you all for the many great answers! Definitely a lot to look at! Currently Appsmith (and/or) Lowdefy seem to fit best for me.

In case you're interested, these are all the products/resources given so far:

http://superset.apache.org

https://adsharma.github.io/flattools-programs/

https://adsharma.github.io/fquery/

https://apex.oracle.com

https://app.spanrr.com

https://arctype.com

https://baserow.io

https://bubble.io

https://deepnote.com

https://directus.io

https://django-sql-explorer.readthedocs.io

https://doc.seekwell.io

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/intro/tutorial02

https://first-django-admin.readthedocs.io/

https://frappeframework.com

https://getzenbase.com

https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith

https://github.com/directus/directus

https://github.com/marmelab/react-admin

https://github.com/metabase/metabase

https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms

https://github.com/oxan/djangorestframework-dataclasses

https://github.com/priyank-purohit/PostGUI

https://github.com/shannah/xataface

https://github.com/skorokithakis/django-project-template

https://github.com/strapi/strapi

https://hypermachine.substack.com

https://lowdefy.com

https://metacpan.org/pod/CGI::FormBuilder

https://ninox.com/de

https://powerapps.microsoft.com

https://retool.com

https://saltcorn.com

https://seekwell.io

https://solutions.appsheet.com/how-to-create-an-app

https://stackerhq.com

https://subzero.cloud/

https://tableplus.com/

https://voyager.devdojo.com/

https://www.appsmith.com/

https://www.basedash.com

https://www.datatrucker.io/

https://www.forestadmin.com

https://www.glideapps.com/

https://www.noodl.net/

https://www.nubuilder.com/

https://www.stackerhq.com/

https://nocode.tech

I'd love to go that route - unfortunately the DB is already set in stone (long before I ever thought about it).

Thanks for pointing Metabase out. Unfortunately, while great for analytics, I'm really more focused on data input.

Unfortunately, for the current project(s) I have to work with existing DBs. That said, your product looks great for the use case!

I love Lowdefy (I've seen it a couple week back here on HN) but I have dismissed it given that there's no SQL connector right now. It's great to hear that you're working on that!

I've just looked into Appsmith and it seems like a fantastic solution! Thanks! :)

I really like the idea and I did something similar with regular note-taking apps. The thing that would be a game-changer for me would be to link up my social/messaging/email accounts in order to (automatically) update information about when I last talked/chatted/interacted with someone.

Yes, it somewhat goes against the principle of absolute privacy, but I wouldn't mind the feature on my own server.

Awesome! I'll definitely have a look at it :)

I'm using OneNote for sketches and handwritten notes (Tablet). For everything else, I use a private DokuWiki instance. I like having a web-based, but private, note-taking solution that supports media files and hyperlinks.

Hey, thank you for your answer. Currently I'm doing a lot of scientific computing in Python and R. I would love to get started with some smaller (personal) web-projects because I always really enjoyed developing for the web.

Given my background I thought about looking at Laravel more closely, however I would also love to understand the whole JS/Node/X.js hype/world. As it looks, we have moved towards an infrastructure that heavily relies on backend APIs.