Autocode
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api integration ide
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
8 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 18 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 3 for, 8 againstDesign: 1 for, 7 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Autocomplete for third-party APIs in the editor is useful
From 1 comment
It is not difficult to see there is considerable effort spent building this. However, why would anybody use it ? I see following issues - Editors are getting mighty powerful. So…
samblr on HN
Quick to grasp what it does
From 1 comment
Preliminary feedback: it took me 5s and single downscroll to grasp what this does and why it may be useful. In current climate this by itself is a remarkable achievement so…
avip on HN
Fast port of existing code with automatic module import and docs
From 1 comment
This is pretty interesting! I've been working on a web scraping API that returns Open Graph information for a URL, and decided to see how easily I could build and deploy this…
crabasa on HN
Objections
Developers prefer their own editors over a browser IDE
From 1 comment
It is not difficult to see there is considerable effort spent building this. However, why would anybody use it ? I see following issues - Editors are getting mighty powerful. So…
samblr on HN
Cheap cloud deployment makes hosting on their platform less appealing
From 1 comment
It is not difficult to see there is considerable effort spent building this. However, why would anybody use it ? I see following issues - Editors are getting mighty powerful. So…
samblr on HN
Small paying market, since large companies rely little on third-party APIs
From 1 comment
Very cool product, and could be useful for learning also. I suspect the fundamental [business] limitation of a tool like this is that those willing to pay recurring big bucks…
neeeeees on HN
Name confusion between Polybit, stdlib.com and Autocode
From 2 comments
Hey - great work! This project can save me a lot of work writing integrations, which I find tedious at times, so I'll take a look at it. One piece of feedback: it's confusing…
veeralpatel979 on HNDev1: "Is that in stdlib?" Dev2: "Yeah" Dev1: "Then why isn't it working?" Dev2: "Because unlike EVERY OTHER THING called stdlib you need to install this one because it's not…
SahAssar on HN
Requests
Support languages beyond JavaScript such as Python
From 2 comments
As a power user of no code apps like zapier. This is really amazing, for some of the more complex work flows I've had to write python code and initiate via lambda functions. This…
Jiger104 on HNKeith, do you plan to support other languages beyond javascript? This brings me back to 2004 when I used to work for Safeco. Business analysts / insurance agents would write…
zebnyc on HN
VS Code or IDE plugin
From 1 comment
This is really cool! As a PM I’m somewhere in your “100x other people trying to automate stuff” category of user. My question is, would many of your features work if provided as…
tylerrobinson on HN
Fix password manager compatibility on signup
From 1 comment
Very cool. I just signed up, but was a bit frustrated by the hijacked experience for sign-up as it broke my LastPass plugin to generate and save my password. Just wanted to point…
smcguinness on HN
Showcase of projects built with Autocode
From 1 comment
Nice concept. Please think about adding a showcase to your homepage, i.e made with autocode. This will not only help it make it easier to understand but also show users the…
superasn on HN
Questions
Why not use OpenAPI instead of FunctionScript
From 1 comment
Why should somebody use this instead of OpenAPI?
eropple on HN
Can the code run outside stdlib
From 1 comment
Can I run this code outside of stdlib somehow or does it only work there? Just have to plan around if stdlib went down or something.
jedieaston on HN
Where is the list of existing integrations
From 1 comment
Where are the list of existing integrations?
BillSaysThis on HN
Alternatives named
Zapier
From 2 comments
As a power user of no code apps like zapier. This is really amazing, for some of the more complex work flows I've had to write python code and initiate via lambda functions. This…
Jiger104 on HNExcellent. I can FINALLY start migrating away from Zapier.
howmayiannoyyou on HN
GraphQL
From 1 comment
Isn't this what GraphQL was designed to solve?
zelly on HN
OpenAPI
From 1 comment
Why should somebody use this instead of OpenAPI?
eropple on HN