SQueaLy
Data
analytics api
SHOW HN2017
163points
41comments
#227of 2,242 in 2017
Top 11%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clear README with screenshots
From 1 comment
Good work with the README, actually explains exactly what the project is, with a very clear outline and screenshots. Well done.
thejosh on HN
Good alternative to Periscope Data for individuals
From 1 comment
Pretty cool! We've been using Periscope Data at work and I've found the SQL -> Charts way pretty amazing, but the cost of that program makes it impossible for individuals to use.…
kyyd on HN
Objections
Needs to run locally for some businesses
From 1 comment
Looks cool but unless I can run this locally it's a non-starter for our business. I opened an issue for clarification on how best to do that.
joshstrange on HN
Dynamic SQL templating raises SQL injection concerns
From 2 comments
Is that safe from sqli prospective? It would inject table name and all, which I believe you can't bind...
sheeshkebab on HNYou're right. That's why I said upfront - whitelist values in the userquery object.
ksri on HN
Requests
Support for MSSQL
From 1 comment
nice software are you planning to support mssql ?
guguli on HN
Support for more databases such as Athena
From 1 comment
Are you guys planning to give support to Athena? In general to other databases also.
swayamjeet on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Metabase?
From 1 comment
How does it compare to metabase ?
ponytech on HN
Is there a demo site?
From 1 comment
Interesting stuff . Is there any demo site available to play around with the tool ?
richa100994 on HN
Alternatives named
Metabase
From 2 comments
How does it compare to metabase ?
ponytech on HNMetabase dev here. Metabase is a general purpose BI tool that anyone in your company can use (whether they know SQL or not) to ask questions about your data, make charts and…
tlrobinson on HN
Klipfolio
From 1 comment
Very nice -- looks like an open source Klipfolio alternative. Which would be great because Klipfolio has some serious limitations.
timsayshey on HN
Periscope Data
From 1 comment
Pretty cool! We've been using Periscope Data at work and I've found the SQL -> Charts way pretty amazing, but the cost of that program makes it impossible for individuals to use.…
kyyd on HN
re:dash
From 1 comment
Interesting, lots of solutions popping up in this space. We're using re:dash at the moment, quite happy though this looks to have a bigger focus on APIs rather than built in…
jordanthoms on HN
Bouquet
From 1 comment
Interesting. If someone here have used https://openbouquet.io/ before - how is SQeaLy different for Boquet?
ashtavakra on HN