Poli

Data

business intelligence

SHOW HN2019

236points
46comments
#148of 2,195 in 2019
Top 7%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.

Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, easy-to-use project that looks nice

    From 3 comments
    • This looks nice. We have been using http://redash.io for basic reporting dashboards, but this looks promising.
      roywiggins on HN
    • This looks great! I've been searching for something similar for a side project and I think I'll give Poli a try. Thank you.
      ccffph on HN
    • This looks fantastic! Since it runs as a self-hosted jar, is there any way to change the UI? Put it in a frame, style with CSS, call some JS for automation or report selection…
      chime on HN
  • Clean Java code style with minimal Spring

    From 1 comment
    • Nice project, congrats on shipping. I’ve taken a quick glance and looked at the code. It’s a Java/Spring Boot project which usually gets a lot of flak around here for “too much…
      vbsteven on HN

Objections

  • Pie charts used in examples are poor for comparison

    From 2 comments
    • It's a pity they use pie charts to show off their software. At least the don't show them in 3D. (And just to make it clear: there is no use case where pie charts are the best…
      stewbrew on HN
    • Even worse is the "Sales Ranking" in the first example, clearly the size or area of the entries is not proportional to the differences in sales, instead it is highly misleading…
      listenallyall on HN
  • No ETL support is confusing for non-SQL sources

    From 1 comment
    • > No ETLs This seems to be listed as a feature, which I find confusing. Not everything lives in SQL databases. Some things you extract for example from external APIs. Is this…
      viraptor on HN

Requests

  • Mobile app or mobile-friendly version

    From 1 comment
    • Most of our teams are viewing BI from their phones. Is there plan to develop a mobile app or mobile friendly version
      maxwin on HN
  • NoSQL database support such as MongoDB or Firestore

    From 1 comment
    • Does anyone know of a NoSQL alternative? Hopefull something compatible with MongoDB or Firestore...
      gitgud on HN
  • Customizable UI via CSS or JS

    From 1 comment
    • This looks fantastic! Since it runs as a self-hosted jar, is there any way to change the UI? Put it in a frame, style with CSS, call some JS for automation or report selection…
      chime on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare with Metabase or Meltano

    From 1 comment
    • Would be useful to have some information how this compares with https://www.metabase.com/ or https://meltano.com/
      cateye on HN
  • Why not use Superset

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Metabase

    From 2 comments
    • Would be useful to have some information how this compares with https://www.metabase.com/ or https://meltano.com/
      cateye on HN
    • Don't agree, in the past metabase was good, now it's just getting worse. I was a big fan of metabase (to the point I deployed it in 4 companies and rolled it out for many people…
      roelb on HN
  • Superset

    From 2 comments
    • why not use Superset?
      apahwa on HN
    • Yeah I deployed it to Kubernetes the other day. I got it up in a few hours, and the included docker (compose) files are helpful, but it was a frustrating experience for a couple…
      FridgeSeal on HN
  • Redash

    From 1 comment
    • This looks nice. We have been using http://redash.io for basic reporting dashboards, but this looks promising.
      roywiggins on HN
  • Tableau

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah I deployed it to Kubernetes the other day. I got it up in a few hours, and the included docker (compose) files are helpful, but it was a frustrating experience for a couple…
      FridgeSeal on HN

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