Mprove
Data
business intelligence
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
6 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 4 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interest in an affordable developer-focused alternative to Looker
From 2 comments
I used Looker for years and have always wanted a product priced less for the enterprise and more for developers. I even prototyped a similar tool myself. Congratulations on the…
endlessvoid94 on HNWhy discourage an alternative? We've already seen there is demand for libre analytics tools as an alternative to google analytics. I'd use this product in the lower range as well…
morenoh149 on HN
Handles repeated record fields and symmetric aggregates
From 2 comments
Yes it should, there is special "unnest" parameter for fields in BlockML reference - https://mprove.io/docs/blockml/fields/dimension
akalitenya on HNYes, look at this page - https://mprove.io/docs/blockml/fields/measure. You need to specify measure "type" and "sql_key" that will be used to avoid counting duplicates.
akalitenya on HN
Objections
Scaling BI beyond small teams is very hard
From 2 comments
@akalitenya are you even in the clear with this? Some of the Old LookML syntax is an exact copy. But more importantly, the challenge for any such tool is to go beyond use by 2-3…
segah on HNmmmm, both! Tech-wise, data stacks are complicated. Hundreds of pre-existing tools, with many owners and diverse interests. BI is where they all meet. With some organizations its…
segah on HN
Copying LookML syntax may raise licensing concerns
From 1 comment
@akalitenya are you even in the clear with this? Some of the Old LookML syntax is an exact copy. But more importantly, the challenge for any such tool is to go beyond use by 2-3…
segah on HN
Requiring MySQL as a dependency adds deployment burden
From 1 comment
Hmm..I would prefer to not have it. In production, managing database persistence is very hard. Especially when you go down the kubernetes road. I would take higher latency, but…
sandGorgon on HN
Landing page leads with themes rather than features
From 2 comments
The headlining feature seems to be that it has a dark and a light theme. This isn’t very encouraging for the rest of the product. I’m sure there’s a lot of good stuff here, but…
danpalmer on HN+1 it should not be the first feature listed, bump that down
morenoh149 on HN
Requests
Remove the MySQL dependency and store app data in BigQuery
From 2 comments
this is super cool and i would pay for this. Bigquery is a cheap alternative to a lot of the mobile analytics tools. Quick point however - why do you need a new database ? You…
sandGorgon on HNNo - I'm talking about MySQL being needed as a dependency. https://github.com/mprove-io/mprove/blob/master/deploy/docker/ce-prod/docker-compose.yml Can you not use biquery…
sandGorgon on HN
Make the open source link visible on mobile
From 2 comments
Link to the open source part? I can't seem to find any on the site...
verdverm on HNIn mobile, it doesn't seem to appear til you rotate your phone, but it's there in desktop view.
mwexler on HN
Questions
Does it support on-prem deployment?
From 1 comment
Do you support on-prem?
yantra_ml on HN
Does it handle repeated record types natively?
From 1 comment
Will this handle (repeatable) “record” (struct/array) data types natively? /disclaimer: work in google cloud
siculars on HN
Are symmetric aggregates supported?
From 1 comment
wow, impressive! how about symmetric aggregates (e.g. being able to do correct summation/aggregation on numeric values despite a one_to_many join)?
segah on HN
Alternatives named
Looker
From 1 comment
@akalitenya are you even in the clear with this? Some of the Old LookML syntax is an exact copy. But more importantly, the challenge for any such tool is to go beyond use by 2-3…
segah on HN
Metabase
From 1 comment
@akalitenya are you even in the clear with this? Some of the Old LookML syntax is an exact copy. But more importantly, the challenge for any such tool is to go beyond use by 2-3…
segah on HN
Chartio
From 1 comment
@akalitenya are you even in the clear with this? Some of the Old LookML syntax is an exact copy. But more importantly, the challenge for any such tool is to go beyond use by 2-3…
segah on HN
Meltano
From 1 comment
I agree with pretty much everything you've said. However, as someone who has used Chartio extensively, I'd say 20 is wayyy too low. It can definitely handle 100s. But, like you…
MechanicalTwerk on HN