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Re:Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with th... by pratio on Thursday July 30, 2020 @02:27PM (#24001400)
The product looks cool but i seriously doubt if something like this can fly in any of our production services where changes can be made directly to a production database without an audit trail. Even the example on the website where the account credit is being increased is something that I've yet to see in a production system. To safely use it on a production system internally it would have to be deployed on premise.

In addition to that, the TOS clearly wash their hands if something goes wrong. I use airtable extensively in my personal projects and at work which seems to work fine.

One more thing i observed about the company structure is that they're based in Delaware in a virtual office. Now, i know that as startups go, this isn't unheard of but trying to get this past legal would be nightmare.

Congratulations on the launch though.

Re:Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with th... by maxmusing on Thursday July 30, 2020 @02:37PM (#24001489)
We have edit history which acts as an audit trail for changes; view logs are coming soon too.

We offer on-prem, and expect a good portion of SMBs to use it over our cloud version.

Good catch on the virtual office! We're actually based in Canada, that's our US company's legal address.

Re:Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with th... by pratio on Thursday July 30, 2020 @03:35PM (#24002052)
I have several clients that are startups and i usually recommend them JetBrains Datagrip which has yet to disappoint. It also makes it easier to access the databases directly behind a VPN. Is there a limit to the number of databases a single user can access on a startup license?

The reason i am asking this is that even a small startup can have multiple databases in production. A single license of DataGrip might sound more beneficial in that case.