SQLPage

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web framework

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45points
27comments
#1,140of 3,109 in 2023
Top 37%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 1 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.

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

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Lightweight and quick to get started

    From 2 comments
    • This is a really great idea! I spent a few hours playing around with it today, as I've been looking for a low-boilerplate way to quickly interact with a relational database. I've…
      leoedin on HN
    • Fantastic.
      pratio on HN

Objections

  • Putting app logic in SQL is not a good production design

    From 1 comment
    • In the examples, the queries are returning ‘component’ and ‘contents.’ Presumably, that’s rendered into something like: ``` <component>content</component> ``` Neat idea, but…
      jagged-chisel on HN
  • Landing page is unclear about what it does

    From 2 comments
    • On the landing page, I think a simple hero diagram would be helpful because this appears to be an uncommon approach that mashes-up familiar terms. I mean I have some familiarity…
      brudgers on HN
    • Nice, it looks like a great idea. To be honest, I didn't click through all the forms following the landing. It would be great to see right away how SQLPage lets me build dynamic…
      lintim on HN

Requests

  • Clearer landing page with diagram and examples

    From 3 comments
    • On the landing page, I think a simple hero diagram would be helpful because this appears to be an uncommon approach that mashes-up familiar terms. I mean I have some familiarity…
      brudgers on HN
    • This is a really great idea! I spent a few hours playing around with it today, as I've been looking for a low-boilerplate way to quickly interact with a relational database. I've…
      leoedin on HN
    • Nice, it looks like a great idea. To be honest, I didn't click through all the forms following the landing. It would be great to see right away how SQLPage lets me build dynamic…
      lintim on HN
  • More examples including CRUD and database-driven data

    From 1 comment
    • This is a really great idea! I spent a few hours playing around with it today, as I've been looking for a low-boilerplate way to quickly interact with a relational database. I've…
      leoedin on HN
  • Support for PRQL queries

    From 1 comment
    • Congratulations on the launch! This looks awesome! Would you be interested in supporting PRQL (prql-lang.org)? The compiler is also written in rust so integration should be…
      snthpy on HN

Questions

  • How to deploy to production

    From 1 comment
    • Wow this is dope! Been looking to build an API on top of our warehouse. Any instructions for prod deployment?
      arberx on HN
  • How to render a page and create a row

    From 1 comment
    • This is a really great idea! I spent a few hours playing around with it today, as I've been looking for a low-boilerplate way to quickly interact with a relational database. I've…
      leoedin on HN

Alternatives named

  • Streamlit

    From 1 comment
    • This is cool! I have been working on something similar as a side project as I believe that we need something similar to Streamlit but for SQL. I use dbt as the application…
      buremba on HN
  • dbt with Jinja

    From 1 comment
    • This is cool! I have been working on something similar as a side project as I believe that we need something similar to Streamlit but for SQL. I use dbt as the application…
      buremba on HN
  • Django

    From 1 comment
    • Yes, the idea is that you first make a query that returns a single row with a "component" column, and potential other top-level parameters for the component. This is translated…
      lovasoa on HN

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