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foxbeeon Self-Hostable Form Back End – OSS Alternative to Formspree

How does this differ to Budibase?

foxbeeon Ask HN: Anybody used Retool for production, user-facing app?

Exportable?

foxbeeon DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome

I believe they'll settle on splitting out Youtube - which I believe makes perfect sense and from a rev/valuation perspective, would be a top 20 company.

foxbeeon 20 years of Google Scholar

I found the post interestingly personable, something that I don't often find with Google. I've used Google Scholar for many years, before I used Elsevier and it was a gamechanger.

foxbeeon Ask HN: Anybody used Retool for production, user-facing app?

What were your thoughts on Budibase?

foxbeeon Show HN: Basemulti – Build Airtable-like interfaces for any database, no-code

Why is this different from tools like

Budibase Baserow NocodeDB

foxbeeon Ask HN: Should we bring software dev in-house?

Consider using a low code platform to test your thesis first. Use a platform like Budibase or something, that's open source, you can self-host and use your own database for security reasons.

foxbeeon Third-party cookies have got to go

I find it hard to believe Google will let go of their golden goose. It's too risky for them.

foxbeeon Show HN: Teable – Open-Source No-Code Database Fusion of Postgres and Airtable

I'm sorry to hear about your years of torment.

foxbeeon Show HN: Teable – Open-Source No-Code Database Fusion of Postgres and Airtable

I think I was pretty open in my comment (cofounder).

They copied Attio's SVG image and everything. My issue was not the aesthetics but the fact they copied another organization's work. Surely, you don't think that's right?

foxbeeon Show HN: Teable – Open-Source No-Code Database Fusion of Postgres and Airtable

The others are open source

foxbeeon Show HN: Goqite, a persistent message queue Go library built on SQLite

Annoying but I felt exactly the same. I'd advise you to rename the project - it's still early days and the longer it goes on the harder it will be to change - I've felt this pain.

foxbeeon Show HN: Teable – Open-Source No-Code Database Fusion of Postgres and Airtable

Wow - did you just completely rip off Attio's website:

Your website: https://teable.io/

Attios website: https://attio.com/

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Also, what makes this different from:

Budibase (cofounder) https://budibase.com

Baserow https://baserow.com

Nocodb https://nocodb.com

foxbeeon Form to DB

Or... An open-source alternative

https://budibase.com/forms

foxbeeon Ask HN: Easiest way to create a CRUD web app in 2024?

It's particularly focused on CRUD apps, SQL and Rest.

foxbeeon Ask HN: Easiest way to create a CRUD web app in 2024?

Budibase is great at generating CRUD apps based on a model.

https://budibase.com/

foxbeeon Airtable acquires Airplane

Give Budibase a whirl - it's open source and sits between Airtable and Airplane from a UX perspective.

foxbeeon Airtable acquires Airplane

Congratulations to the Airplane team.

Is this Airtable moving in the direction of low-code rather than no code? Puts them up against tools like:

Budibase [https://github.com/Budibase/budibase]

Retool [Https://retool.com]

foxbeeon Show HN: Dropbase – Build internal web apps with just Python

How would you compare this to tools like Budibase?

foxbeeon Fast self-hostable open-source workflow engine

Why did Budibase not suffice?

foxbeeon Low-Code Programming Models

The term low code is horrible. It's overused, misused and probably created by a marketing team to sell ads.

There are a wide variety of platforms. Some are very open and honest about their core use cases (forms, Crud apps, automations). I work for an open source platform, Budibase, and they're pretty open in re to their use cases.

Others promise the world (SaaS apps, social networks) which are outside of their capabilities and probably not a great investment imo.

Spreadsheets are still dominant, but they're also the reason why many users turn to a low code platform.

foxbeeon Tell HN: Enterprises spend 10x more to build no-code solutions than coded ones

This is a great example. Low-code is not the solution to everything, like spreadsheets were not the solution to everything.

With low-code, it really does help if the platform is easily extendible and open source. Also, it's important the IT team owns the low-code platform.

foxbeeon Ask HN: What low code platforms are worth using?

For anything complex, for example a SaaS platform, your best bet is to build from scratch with code. The flexibility, ownership and technical viability are essential in these scenarios.

For simple CRUD apps, internal tools, reports, spreadsheet replacement - low-code platforms - particularly OSS options (Budibase, Appsmith, and others)

foxbeeon Ask HN: What low code platforms are worth using?

Emacs were pretty productive but sometimes overcomplicated imo. Remember TRAMP mode?

foxbeeon Airtable Lays Off 27% of Firm, Shifts Focus to Big Clients

For an open source alternative try something like Budibase or Baserow.

foxbeeon Airtable Lays Off 27% of Firm, Shifts Focus to Big Clients

Budibase has its own database and can connect to other data databases.

On top of that: It's open source/supports self hosting Supports JS Design/interfaces are much more flexible

foxbeeon Ask HN: Why did Visual Basic die?

I'm the co-founder of Budibase and we've spent the last 5 years building what we believe is a better, faster, open source replacement for VB.

Check it out:

[1] https://budibase.com

foxbeeon Show HN: Automate complicated manual business processes

Budibase is open-source, including the workflow platform which has helped accelerate thousands of workflows already:

https://github.com/Budibase/budibase