cschreiber

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by cschreiber 3y ago
Thank you for your insights & appreciate the suggestions! We absolutely agree that a large part of the value prop is about the ease of the project setup and deployment rather than just simplifying the coding process. That said, we do be
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by cschreiber 3y ago
very valid point, ty!
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by cschreiber 3y ago
`{{ foo.1 }}` is supported and initially was the only syntax to index arrays. But with the need to index arrays with the help of other variables came the introduction of optional `[]` to encapsulate nested vars from the the top level var. W
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Spot on! :) But we already have it on the roadmap as one of our next items to clean that up properly and migrate away from it
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Any other PM books you found had a significant impact on your role?
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Very helpful, ty!
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Makes a lot of sense. I guess the only requirement that would still be helpful is minimum password length?
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Appreciate the feedback. We launched our pricing plan this week after being in private beta with a different pricing strategy. We did chat with our private beta users about what would be important to them but are very open to change pricing
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Sorry to hear, that the first experience was not as imagined. You are correct that the event system is currently only consisting of internal events. With the next batch of integrations coming in the next couple of weeks we plan to also inco
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by cschreiber 3y ago
That is a fair point you’re raising, and we agree, we will not be able to build a tool that is right for everyone. Our hypothesis is that if we give users the right tools (rapid API development + DB) they are enabled to create a large varie
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Let me address each of your points: Performance: When we began planning to build Fastgen, our most important consideration was how it should handle load. Therefore, most of our design decisions have been deeply influenced by this. We have a
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Hi there! Ah, the design of our interface... You've just touched on a topic that's seen more passionate debates in our team than whether pineapple belongs on pizza. In the end, we chose to go with a vertical layout mainly for simp
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by cschreiber 3y ago
The last couple of weeks we were mainly focused on transition between the private and public beta, so that the development of new integrations had to be paused for a bit. For the coming weeks we have the next 9 integrations planned as well
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by cschreiber 3y ago
At the moment, no. Our focus has been on providing a cloud-based low-code experience that you can access from anywhere without the need for local setup. However we are exploring ways to support it. For more details check out my other commen
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Happy to hear that you like the demo, we added it to the website this week. We worked with multiple Frontend developers in our private beta and the common theme was that they enjoyed the simplicity with which they could deploy APIs on top o
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by cschreiber 3y ago
At the moment, Fastgen doesn’t directly support local development. Our focus has been on providing a cloud-based low-code experience that you can access from anywhere without the need for local setup. However, we do recognize the value of l
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Thanks a lot for your extensive feedback! It's detailed comments like this that help us improve and meet users needs. Let me address each of your points: Body validation, DB Query editor & DB features: Definitely understand your ne
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by cschreiber 3y ago
You can separate the target audience into three main camps: Technical people at startups. In smaller companies that can be the CTO, in larger companies it is usually individual contributors. They are using Fastgen to extend their existing p
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Bubble is a solid platform, but we definitely saw lots of opportunities for enhancements. We’ve talked to lots of users of low-code tools before starting to build and lack of performance was a common complaint which is why we designed Fastg
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Whoops, thanks for reporting - on it! Update: Fixed. :)
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by cschreiber 3y ago
That sounds great. Keep us posted on how it goes. If you run into any issues, we have a slack community where the whole team is answering questions. We are also building out our educational content in our documentation and will post some GP
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by cschreiber 3y ago
We use a combination of RabbitMQ, Centrifugo, and Redis with a backend written in golang and our own job scheduling engine. Everything is deployed on AWS EKS. While we thought about it a lot, no plans to open source it at the moment.
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Thanks, appreciate it! A couple of differences are that Fastgen is fully hosted, we offer visual workflow building, easy third-party integrations, and a built-in Datahub interface for data management. Check out my other comment in response
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Yes, you can. We give you the keys to the database we host for you. Alternatively, you can host the database somewhere else and connect it to Fastgen to build APIs and workflows on top of it.
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Noted, thanks for the feedback! Will consider changing the requirements for the password. 2FA is on the roadmap and we’re planning to release it within the next two weeks.
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Hey there, thanks for asking! Windmill and Airplane have done some cool stuff and while we do share some common elements with both, there are a few key distinctions. Here’s how we think we’re carving out our own niche in the space: 1. Visua
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Launch HN: Fastgen (YC W23) – Visual Low-Code Backend Builder
265 points by cschreiber 3y ago|112 comments
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by cschreiber 3y ago
Looks cool! When will you open source?