Avi Bryant demos Dabble db

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as a lost example of intuitive low-code tooling, and as inspiration for newer products.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Tavis Rudd

Topic

low-code databases

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• I've tried a lot of these tools. The trouble is that things go extremely well until you hit a wall. With no way to extend them with something like freeform code, the wall doesn't move. The best ones, then, tend to be the ones that …

• DabbleDB, this YouTube video gives a great introduction to this online spreadsheet-like database. Sadly they were bought out by Twitter, never to be seen again. [VIDEO]

• A good example in this space was DabbleDB[1], a low-code environment for producing web apps that did CRUD type stuff. Their original video demo: [VIDEO] I was pretty impressed when it came out. The UI was very intuitive, and it did a better job with …