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is there anything like Avo out there? This is great work but I'm not a Ruby/RoR dev

• adrianthedev 4y ago
  There are a few free packages (Active Admin, administrate, rails admin) built a few years ago that can help you build a CRUD UI, but the conversations I had with developers is that they are a bit annoyed with them. I built Avo as a modern alternative learning from the past products and improving on them.
  • alexalx666 4y ago
    I think it makes total sense for client work and almost no sense for startups
    • adrianthedev 4y ago
      Why do you say that? Start-ups by definition need to move fast and test out hypothesis. With a tool like Avo you could prototype something, get it out to your customers and get feedback fast. The secodn use-case is internal tooling. When I worked at a start-up we had a lot of "shady" internal tools built fast, crappy and unreliable (because it's just an internal tool) and we always had issues working with them. I build a lot of internal tooling using Avo and the process is quite painless.
• MSkog 4y ago
  ActiveAdmin gets the job done well enough in my opinion. Not nearly as slick as Avo though.
  • adrianthedev 4y ago
    Yeah, for sure! This post, or Avo's existence is not about bashing other tools. Each project has it's own requirements and budget. Thank you for your message!