Retool
Dev tools
internal tool builder
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 14 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Design: 1 for, 10 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good concept and clean UI, drag-and-drop snaps to grid
From 3 comments
Nice work. I really like the drag & drop stuff which snaps to a grid. Awesome!
arc_of_descent on HNHi there. We pay hundreds of thousands nowadays to build data collection tools in salesforce (ie forecast that needs to be inserted by salespeople). Your solution is better and…
kfk on HNThis is almost ground-breaking. Can you imagine the power of this thing coupled with AI widgets? With Zapier-esque connections to APIs. Great UI and concept. Can't wait to use…
rrggrr on HN
Objections
Security and trust concerns about giving a new startup access to sensitive data
From 1 comment
I wish things like this would start of as an open-source and/or stand-alone app. It looks great, and I want to play with it. But Excel is at it's core used for very sensitive…
zdrummond on HN
Widget picker is too close to Notion's design
From 1 comment
you may want to uh...branch out a bit. the widget picker in particular is basically identical
jtmarmon on HN
Intercom chat widget plays a sound that looks scammy
From 2 comments
Nice, I can almost copy and paste my most recent comment again: Warning, plays a sound to make you notice a fake chat message in the corner. That's scammy.
aw3c2 on HNIt fakes a message meant for me when there is none. It does so with an invasive sound.
aw3c2 on HN
Requests
Open-source backend or on-prem deployment
From 1 comment
I wish things like this would start of as an open-source and/or stand-alone app. It looks great, and I want to play with it. But Excel is at it's core used for very sensitive…
zdrummond on HN
Loading indicators and local demo data for slow fetches
From 1 comment
Neat. One issue with the demo is that the initial impression makes the tool seem very sluggish, when in reality the sluggishness apparently comes from fetching data dynamically…
zokier on HN
Video or clearer explanation of the flow and value
From 2 comments
Nice. This could use a 5 min video to show the flow + value-prop...
smortaz on HNThat's amazing, amazing. I love it and can't discover how to use it.
fiatjaf on HN
Questions
Where can I download it or the docs for offline reading
From 2 comments
How can I download the docs for offline reading?
JadeNB on HNIt looks good! Where can I download it?
dvfjsdhgfv on HN
How does performance hold on large datasets and is there caching or timeouts
From 1 comment
What's the performance like for large datasets, is there a timeout on query time, or a caching scheme behind the scenes? Also, this looks similar in functionality to ChartIO and…
thenanyu on HN
Alternatives named
Mode and Chartio
From 1 comment
What's the performance like for large datasets, is there a timeout on query time, or a caching scheme behind the scenes? Also, this looks similar in functionality to ChartIO and…
thenanyu on HN
Klipfolio
From 1 comment
Hello! Have you had a look at Klipfolio.com ? We're using it but it's not flexible enough, and the code editing sucks. I think there's definitely a market out there for this…
rntksi on HN
NuBuilder
From 1 comment
I don't know is there any benefit in using Retool, when compared to https://www.nubuilder.net
xet7 on HN
Lotus Notes
From 1 comment
So this is a web version of Lotus Notes, right? :).
TeMPOraL on HN