Datablocks
Data
no-code data processing editor
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks slick and awesome; commenters like the react-flow-based GUI
From 3 comments
Looks slick. We are doing something similar but different with https://www.easydatatransform.com. Although data scientist seem mostly wedded to R and Python, I think no-code…
hermitcrab on HNI'm working on a product that uses react-flow, and I just wanted to thank you for developing that awesome library! As a data professional, I also think Datablocks is pretty…
dvt on HNVery cool! I use vector.dev on daily basis and this feels very much like a GUI version of it.
pupdogg on HN
Objections
Name may be confused with Databricks
From 1 comment
I think people will accuse you saying "You stole the name from databricks"
mrwnmonm on HN
Filter block bug on Firefox/Windows resets dropdown
From 1 comment
Spotted a bug. Using Firefox on Windows. 1. Add UFO example block. 2. Add Filter 3. Set filter options to Year, Equals, 1945 4. No results, and the Equals dropdown changes to…
ta_dataflownbug on HN
JSON from HTTP Request block cannot connect to Sort block
From 1 comment
Pretty cool! I'll try it out in more detail. I also liked a similar product, aimed more at ETL/ML/AI segment, that was recently posted on HN: https://hal9.ai Question: I added a…
nreece on HN
Requests
Database output blocks (Postgres, BigQuery, Mongo)
From 1 comment
I'm working on a product that uses react-flow, and I just wanted to thank you for developing that awesome library! As a data professional, I also think Datablocks is pretty…
dvt on HN
Automatic schema and range detection
From 1 comment
This looks pretty awesome! Something that might be cool is also identifying the schemas and the ranges. You would probably be able to automatically generate some of these blocks.…
lettergram on HN
Questions
How to convert JSON to a dataset
From 1 comment
Pretty cool! I'll try it out in more detail. I also liked a similar product, aimed more at ETL/ML/AI segment, that was recently posted on HN: https://hal9.ai Question: I added a…
nreece on HN
Alternatives named
KNIME, Orange, Enso
From 1 comment
Related: https://enso.org/ https://www.knime.com/ https://orangedatamining.com/
iagovar on HN
SSIS, Pentaho, Talend, Airflow, Parabola
From 1 comment
I guess this isn't an ETL but the look and featureset overlap with the ETL space quite a lot. Hence it would be interesting to know how this compares with the many graphical ETL…
codeulike on HN
Vector.dev
From 1 comment
Very cool! I use vector.dev on daily basis and this feels very much like a GUI version of it.
pupdogg on HN
NiFi, hal9, easydatatransform
From 3 comments
See also: https://nifi.apache.org
jimsmart on HNPretty cool! I'll try it out in more detail. I also liked a similar product, aimed more at ETL/ML/AI segment, that was recently posted on HN: https://hal9.ai Question: I added a…
nreece on HNLooks slick. We are doing something similar but different with https://www.easydatatransform.com. Although data scientist seem mostly wedded to R and Python, I think no-code…
hermitcrab on HN