DataStation
Data
data analysis desktop app
SHOW HN2022
131points
31comments
#465of 2,570 in 2022
Top 19%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful cross-datasource joins and scripting
From 2 comments
Hey folks! I quit my job at Oracle almost a year ago now to build DataStation. It's an app I've wanted as an engineering manager for years. It's entirely open-source and while…
eatonphil on HNLooks amazing. Will try tomorrow. Athena alone is a superior offer in my mind. Even TablePus, my favourite SQL client doesn’t do that :) If you can add dbt integration it will be…
moltar on HN
Clean concept compared to existing tools
From 2 comments
Looks amazing. Will try tomorrow. Athena alone is a superior offer in my mind. Even TablePus, my favourite SQL client doesn’t do that :) If you can add dbt integration it will be…
moltar on HNThe UX reminded me of [PipeDream](https://pipedream.com/) The industry around abstractions tools/ui on top DBs is growing. We use Retool very heavily and it does get pricy. This…
bamazizi on HN
Objections
Enterprise license in ee/ directory is unclear
From 1 comment
I really don't like the "hidden" enterprise license. On the surface you might assume it's AGPL 2.0 but upon careful inspection, there lives an enterprise commercial license in…
upupandup on HN
Visualization is basic
From 1 comment
The visualization is not advanced. It supports basic bar charts, line charts, pie charts and tables. I'd like to make this better over time. If you need more advanced…
eatonphil on HN
UI design looks unpolished
From 1 comment
Looks very useful! In terms of feedback, I think if you brought in a designer you'd have a much bigger "wow" factor. There's a lot of low hanging fruit like consistent button…
programmarchy on HN
Requests
dbt integration
From 1 comment
Looks amazing. Will try tomorrow. Athena alone is a superior offer in my mind. Even TablePus, my favourite SQL client doesn’t do that :) If you can add dbt integration it will be…
moltar on HN
Better charting, including geographic
From 1 comment
Would be nice to have geographical charting abilities or maybe integrate some python charting libraries so the output of the library would just be the chart maybe? Just an idea.
scumola on HN
Keyboard navigation
From 1 comment
Looks very good! How well is the keyboard navigation support? It's one of the selling points for DB explorers like this for me. Also, I'm a beginner to Go and I see the…
kretaceous on HN
Questions
How it compares to Redash and Superset
From 2 comments
How does it compare to Redash (now Databricks SQL): https://github.com/getredash/redash?
canMarsHaveLife on HNHow does it compare to Apache Superset?
auxten on HN
Whether the project file can go in version control
From 1 comment
Overall, this looks great. My only concern the the project file being a SQLite db. I'd really like to have something to (usefully) put in version control.
jcwayne on HN
Alternatives named
Redash
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Redash (now Databricks SQL): https://github.com/getredash/redash?
canMarsHaveLife on HN
Apache Superset
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Apache Superset?
auxten on HN
PyCharm
From 1 comment
This is really cool. Maybe in the future you can make a paid version with a bunch of BI features. In your opinion, how does it compare to PyCharm (Enterprise version) when it's…
lopatin on HN
Tableau
From 1 comment
Looks very useful! In terms of feedback, I think if you brought in a designer you'd have a much bigger "wow" factor. There's a lot of low hanging fruit like consistent button…
programmarchy on HN