basetool
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internal tool builder
SHOW HN2021
82points
27comments
#623of 2,533 in 2021
Top 25%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Privacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Demo video and product look impressive
From 3 comments
Video looks amazing! Would really be interested to beta test this!
cst2989 on HNCool!
alecs_orecs on HNkudos, guys
agatinei on HN
Objections
Privacy and data handling were not addressed on the website
From 1 comment
I'm not exactly your target market, so cannot comment much on the functionality. One thing that I would like to point out, however, is that you do not address privacy anywhere.…
rognjen on HN
Posting without a URL reduces ranking
From 1 comment
Posts without urls are less likely to be ranked high than self posts. If you decide to re-post this, you can post the url and write your text as a comment.
konschubert on HN
Tailwind CSS leads to class name soup
From 2 comments
I have _serious_ doubts about the longevity of tailwind. It adds unnecessary tooling to recreate inline styles with theme support. I tried adding it to a project which used other…
neurotrace on HNComponents don't stop the soup though. It's a fundamental issue where you're just replacing inline styles with classes. But hey, you do you
neurotrace on HN
Requests
Add screenshots to the website
From 1 comment
Looks great but I’d really encourage you to add some screenshots to your website. Playing a 4 minute YouTube video is a very different “time investment” for someone who just…
tailspin2019 on HN
Add Insert/Update forms like Metabase lacks
From 1 comment
For me seems to be very similar with metabase.com What I don't have at Metabase is the option to build Insert/Update forms. It's just read-only.
adibalcan on HN
Questions
What makes it different from Baserow, NocoDB and Metabase
From 1 comment
This looks interesting, it appears to be along the same lines as baserow.io, NocoDB, Metabase and the like. Are you aiming for the same space or what makes Basetool different?
xemoka on HN
Why choose trendy tech for longevity
From 1 comment
> Basetool is written in TypeScript and (in our opinion) with most modern pieces of tech out there; React, Redux toolkit, Next.js, Prisma, and tailwindcss. We want this to be a…
capableweb on HN
Alternatives named
Baserow
From 1 comment
This looks interesting, it appears to be along the same lines as baserow.io, NocoDB, Metabase and the like. Are you aiming for the same space or what makes Basetool different?
xemoka on HN
NocoDB
From 1 comment
This looks interesting, it appears to be along the same lines as baserow.io, NocoDB, Metabase and the like. Are you aiming for the same space or what makes Basetool different?
xemoka on HN
Metabase
From 2 comments
This looks interesting, it appears to be along the same lines as baserow.io, NocoDB, Metabase and the like. Are you aiming for the same space or what makes Basetool different?
xemoka on HNFor me seems to be very similar with metabase.com What I don't have at Metabase is the option to build Insert/Update forms. It's just read-only.
adibalcan on HN