jimmyechan

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   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   What type of user who would you say gets the most value out of building Insight extensions?
2. 92.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Thanks! This is a neat idea! It would allow users to upload unstructured data. We'll explore this.
3. 93.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Our BYODB plan lets you connect to 1 of your own databases. It's not quite self-hosted but you are in full control of your DB.
4. 94.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Thanks, that's a good point. As engineers, we also tend to think in terms of modularity and control - call this "tool flexibility." With Dropbase, we're balancing flexibility with the goal of creating an experience that
5. 95.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Thanks. That's a useful project! And yes, we aim to make data processing easy (through UI, low code) and easy to reuse/export (by converting UI steps 1:1 to code)
6. 96.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Working on this.
7. 97.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Thank you for this! I appreciate it. Update it to: "Spreadsheet view. See how your data looks as you process it". Went for this suggestion to keep everything to 2 lines.
8. 98.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Yes!
9. 99.▲
   by jimmyechan 6y ago

   Thanks! We also added shots and short videos of the product. We don't like it when we can't see what we get ;)
10. 100.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Good point. We can probably work on clarifying our value prop. You could do something like what you described with a local database. We could add that by building some desktop code. At the moment we are only focused on the cloud part. That
11. 101.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Not at the moment, but we're actively developing a teams/enterprise version of this that allows for self-hosted/on-prem.
12. 102.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Are you still getting this issue? Could you check your file encoding and make sure it's UTF-8?
13. 103.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    If you mean automating data ingestion on a schedule, then yes, it's something we're building. If not, could you clarify what you mean?
14. 104.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Good point. We just added code to allow for up to 256 characters. We're testing this now and will push to prod end of day.
15. 105.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Yes, we'll add multi-sheet import soon.
16. 106.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    We're working on an on-prem / self-hosted version Dropbase that will better address use cases where sensitive data needs to stay within the company. Would you mind describing the kind of data you work with and which constraints yo
17. 107.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Thanks for all the support, comments and feedback HN! It's been a really long day. I will respond to more comments in the morning!
18. 108.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Your data is private and you own all of your data. We do not and will not share your data with anybody else unless you share it yourself through the sharing of projects, pipelines, endpoints, or exports. We do however store and process your
19. 109.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    I'm with you in the sense that I just learned through these posts that astigmatism and website dark modes don't go well together. I wonder if lighter colors and soft grey palettes would work for your case. have you experimented wi
20. 110.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    This is a good workaround! Thanks for suggesting it.
21. 111.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Sorry about that. Not at the moment, but we'll consider adding a light mode for both the website and the app.
22. 112.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    I just had a friend mention this too. I just checked it out and it's really cool! What's your favorite thing about it?
23. 113.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    That's a great suggestion. We were considering something like this for business or enterprise versions. It would also allow you to connect Dropbase pipelines to multiple files or entire folders in local or cloud storage.
24. 114.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Thanks! Give it a go and let us know if there's anything we can do to make this better. We let you export Python code that maps 1-to-1 to any processing step you take on the UI.
25. 115.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Thank you. Good point, we actually just had a few agencies/consultancies ask about self-hosted / enterprise options. We are offering our current pricing to early adopters on HN. We'll likely increase prices once we do a gener
26. 116.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Updated the page. Free plan on the left! Thanks!
27. 117.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Thanks. Yes, in some cases where you're working with regulated data you'd need a self-hosted version. We're working on an enterprise version that allows this. Would you be able to describe your use case and the kind of data y
28. 118.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Yes, we have more database types in our roadmap. At the moment we are starting out with Postgres. Are you trying to get data to a new sqlite or an existing one?
29. 119.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Thank you. That comment is legendary!
30. 120.▲
    by jimmyechan 6y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. We'll look into this!