Electric Tables

Productivity

personal databases

SHOW HN2022

231points
37comments
#224of 2,570 in 2022
Top 9%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

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10 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.

Idea: 8 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful bookmarking and research concept

    From 3 comments
    • This is genius and scratches a bookmarking itch I've had for ages. I hope you'll press on with this and continue its development. Its pretty close to a state where I would pay…
      howmayiannoyyou on HN
    • This is a really cool concept. A lot of my "web foraging" (love that expression) or data foraging really is exactly what he's mentioning here. Also made me think of a related…
      ydant on HN
    • Nice! Way better than the system I currently use called "Never Close Any Tabs"
      progre on HN
  • Bookmarklet approach is interesting

    From 2 comments
    • I love this idea, especially the bookmarklet aspect of it. I'm interested to see where it goes. I use a couple of bookmarklets, and they're really, really handy: - One…
      akpa1 on HN
    • this looks dope, can’t wait to try it out. thnx for sharing
      greenie_beans on HN

Objections

  • Bookmarklet blocked by content security policies on some sites

    From 2 comments
    • > Note, because of technical reasons (content security policies) some sites (e.g. Twitter, Airbnb) will add to Electric Tables, but in a new tab instead of using a pop-up and it…
      rektide on HN
    • Would really like this to rate restaurants (for my own remembrance) I order from on Uber Eats, Doordash, etc. Alas, the bookmarklet doesn't work with my first port of call, Uber…
      jnsie on HN
  • Cannot run locally or query with SQL

    From 2 comments
    • I would love this even more if I could install it and run it locally, so I can use sql or similar on it too
      whoomp12342 on HN
    • To make it run locally, will need a small server so that it can be addressed at localhost:<port> I'm thinking about forking it to my github and adding a simple js server. Thoughts?
      gardenfelder on HN

Requests

  • Run locally or integrate with Google Sheets

    From 3 comments
    • I would love this even more if I could install it and run it locally, so I can use sql or similar on it too
      whoomp12342 on HN
    • This is one of those really simple ideas that's really exciting - making me think of a lot of "what-ifs". Thank you for sharing. I'd love for this level of functionality - but…
      ydant on HN
    • Seems neat. I'm not sure whether I like or dislike that its not just dumping into excel or google sheets. As a high concept, the idea of quick and personalized scraping of web…
      jayd16 on HN
  • Sharing and collaboration on tables

    From 3 comments
    • This is genius and scratches a bookmarking itch I've had for ages. I hope you'll press on with this and continue its development. Its pretty close to a state where I would pay…
      howmayiannoyyou on HN
    • Nice! It would perfectly fit my use-case if it supports the following flow: 1. Person A makes a research and collects and ranks a set of products 2. When done, person A sends to…
      dmoura on HN
    • Some use cases that I'm already using it for even in the limited state: * Making topic-focused lists of articles. e.g. researching a particular topic just grab a bunch of URLs…
      topcat31 on HN
  • Browser extension version

    From 1 comment
    • This is one of those really simple ideas that's really exciting - making me think of a lot of "what-ifs". Thank you for sharing. I'd love for this level of functionality - but…
      ydant on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare to Wildcard

    From 2 comments
    • Related idea: Wildcard [0] It would be cool to have a shared community repository of site adapters, in the spirit of adversarial interoperability [1]. It's probably the most…
      karlicoss on HN
    • There's a huge amount of conceptual similarity between Wildcard and Electric Tables. I think I like (from the videos) the table approach of Wildcard a bit better, but it looks…
      ydant on HN

Alternatives named

  • Wildcard

    From 2 comments
    • Related idea: Wildcard [0] It would be cool to have a shared community repository of site adapters, in the spirit of adversarial interoperability [1]. It's probably the most…
      karlicoss on HN
    • There's a huge amount of conceptual similarity between Wildcard and Electric Tables. I think I like (from the videos) the table approach of Wildcard a bit better, but it looks…
      ydant on HN
  • Zotero

    From 1 comment
    • Well, I use Zotero for this exact purpose. It covers exactly this, but stores everything in a SQLite file, so it is much more accessible
      mynameismon on HN
  • Microsoft Edge Collections

    From 1 comment
    • There's some interesting overlaps here too with Edge's "Collections", which I mention because isn't listed in the comparison list but may still be a useful comparison. Does a lot…
      WorldMaker on HN
  • BrainTool

    From 1 comment
    • This is a really cool concept. A lot of my "web foraging" (love that expression) or data foraging really is exactly what he's mentioning here. Also made me think of a related…
      ydant on HN

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