Daba

Data

hosted json database

SHOW HN2023

15points
10comments
#1,931of 3,109 in 2023
Top 63%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.

Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful idea for side projects needing basic data storage

    From 3 comments
    • Great idea, I agree with the premise that a lot of (side-)projects start with basic needs in terms of DB. Would be interested - to understand how you think about pricing in the…
      brunovegreville on HN
    • Damn useful, needing this right now. Adding a user auth sounds like the next step for this tool. Also baving some sort of integration capability with CMS like WordPress sounds…
      dogueto on HN
    • I fully support this tool. I believe that this tool has the potential to make a significant positive impact on developers' productivity.
      bigfanjs on HN

Objections

  • Site lacks information on what it does, how it works, and whether it is open source or paid

    From 1 comment
    • Sounds interesting but the create db doesn’t work on mobile, and there is no information on the site around what it does, how it works, whether its open source/paas/library/etc.
      geoah on HN
  • Database creation did not work on mobile

    From 1 comment
    • Sounds interesting but the create db doesn’t work on mobile, and there is no information on the site around what it does, how it works, whether its open source/paas/library/etc.
      geoah on HN

Requests

  • User authentication

    From 1 comment
    • Damn useful, needing this right now. Adding a user auth sounds like the next step for this tool. Also baving some sort of integration capability with CMS like WordPress sounds…
      dogueto on HN
  • Pricing details

    From 1 comment
    • Great idea, I agree with the premise that a lot of (side-)projects start with basic needs in terms of DB. Would be interested - to understand how you think about pricing in the…
      brunovegreville on HN
  • Column-level operations and remote database support for grid editors

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool! If it had a bit more features (like add a column to the entire table) I would love to use it for DataGridXL demos (https://www.datagridxl.com/). I want the new…
      robbiejs on HN

Questions

  • How will pricing work in the future?

    From 1 comment
    • Great idea, I agree with the premise that a lot of (side-)projects start with basic needs in terms of DB. Would be interested - to understand how you think about pricing in the…
      brunovegreville on HN
  • Could JSON be queried with natural language via GPT?

    From 1 comment
    • Great idea, I agree with the premise that a lot of (side-)projects start with basic needs in terms of DB. Would be interested - to understand how you think about pricing in the…
      brunovegreville on HN
  • Can it scale to larger applications, and is there a migration path?

    From 1 comment
    • Damn useful, needing this right now. Adding a user auth sounds like the next step for this tool. Also baving some sort of integration capability with CMS like WordPress sounds…
      dogueto on HN

Alternatives named

  • nanoapp.dev, which turns JSON into a mobile app

    From 1 comment
    • Looks very interesting, we are building "Turn your JSON into mobile app" thing here https://nanoapp.dev/ . Nice to find yours.
      sandeshnaroju on HN

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