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Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit
8 points by tennien 3y ago|11 comments
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by tennien 3y ago
“Men still divorce their sucky wives” is a phrase you’d be comfortable with? I’m not.
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Best Math Puzzles?
1 points by tennien 4y ago|0 comments
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by tennien 5y ago
More fatalities happen off highways, where roads are in unusual condition and there are more edge cases. 1. Wouldn’t a 30min commute be 1/3 as worse there’s a 20-25min section you can disengage? 2. It can force reengagement via the sa
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by tennien 5y ago
That’s interesting: I’d think a 30min commute would be much better if the 20-25min could be spent disengaged.
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by tennien 5y ago
Most fatalities happen off highways, despite highways accounting for a disproportionate number of miles driven. Accidents still happen, but it’s hard to believe they would be less safe than human drivers, when most accidents are caused by f
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by tennien 5y ago
Why do people still care about the App Store ecosystem? Apple has made it profitable only for mobile games. Since 2015, 99% of large successful companies have started on web.
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by tennien 5y ago
Where’s the link to the amended filing?
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by tennien 5y ago
Based on the article, it sounds like the incumbent angered a lot of people. The news behind the news is how somebody helped Durr win.
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by tennien 8y ago
Definitely! You'll find Retool supports much more than SQL databases and Django admin supports a tiny subset of Retool use cases. For instance, most companies find that after a certain scale Django admin apps need to be converted to cu
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by tennien 8y ago
Thank you! We definitely do hear that from hardcore VB users back in the day.
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by tennien 8y ago
Yes, definitely! Reach out to us at hello@tryretool.com
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by tennien 8y ago
That's right: react + a ton of customization
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by tennien 8y ago
That's perfect! There's already a labelling component built-in!
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by tennien 8y ago
Thank you! In fact, most of our enterprise customers are on-prem. Updates are distributed regularly and you've always got the choice of whether to update. Will reach out!
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by tennien 8y ago
The frontend is standard react + redux + a lot of customization. A lot of the engineering effort is in the library of components and database connections we've built up.
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by tennien 8y ago
It's true - retool can do much of what blockspring does (or blockspring might be able to be implemented in retool). But retool can do much more, writing back data and running arbitrary api endpoints. The range of frontend components yo
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by tennien 8y ago
Thank you, you should try the onboarding as well!
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by tennien 8y ago
1. Yes! We support google and standard SSO solutions (Okta, etc.) 2. We do! Check out the charts components under "display". 3. We take security very seriously. If you want to keep security 100% in your infra, we support on-prem d
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by tennien 8y ago
This is definitely true and one of our insights as well. All you need to use retool is basic working knowledge of sql and javascript, so there's no dependence on the original author.
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by tennien 8y ago
It's standard auth - as if you were connecting your aws server to an rds db. Once the connection is established, you can use it in any page.
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by tennien 8y ago
you can expand the table! The dragger (grip) is on the bottom right. thank you! the frontend is react + a ton of customization
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by tennien 8y ago
Classical inheritance is rarely "an appropriate choice" but prototypal inheritance is appropriate "any time you need inheritance"? Classical inheritance is syntactic sugar for prototypal inheritance.
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by tennien 9y ago
Most users don't think Py = Python. Most associate it with the number. See name discussion below.
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by tennien 9y ago
We're glad you like us! - Definitely wanted to keep this option; no reason to force it on everyone. - We let you learn at the right level. - Believe it or not, we cover the core language. So once you finish JavaScript, you'll know
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by tennien 9y ago
You'd be surprised! The coding interview questions are real-world questions used at real tech companies. Once you can answer them right, you can get a job.
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by tennien 9y ago
I'm literally typing fixes right now. We'll get this out ASAP.
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by tennien 9y ago
We actually do have an android version in alpha: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.py
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by tennien 9y ago
We changed our domain from py-app.com to downloadpy.com a couple days ago, so if you don't see us first this is probably why. Our old domain ranked consistently first.
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by tennien 9y ago
Keep in mind many of our users don't even know python. We answer about 200+ questions every day in our in-app chat, and we've yet to hear someone get confused.

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