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Re:Windmill.dev by rubenfiszel on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:01AM (#31274244)
Hello, author here. I did not plan to have a wide announcement today tbh. This is the repo: https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill

I have my YC interview in 10 minutes and wanted to OSS it before. Agree it lacks a lot of polishing, but that will be done in about 2 weeks :)

JS/TS through Deno is coming in a week, I am currently working on a draft pull request for it.

Really happy to answer all the questions after my interview :)

(I host the demo on a small hetzner node, please be gentle to it, I will scale it up asap :))

PS: Since it's HN: The backend is all in Rust and the feature I am most proud of is automatic parameters and dependency inference for locking the dependency versions and generating the frontend of your app by analyzing the scripts using simple but surprisingly good heuristics :)

Re:Windmill.dev by rubenfiszel on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:35AM (#31274687)
Update: I GOT IN!!!
Re:Windmill.dev by devoutsalsa on Thursday May 05, 2022 @01:38PM (#31276327)
Hell yeah! I’m drinking a bottle of red wine to celebrate your victory.
Re:Windmill.dev by bm-rf on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:38AM (#31274736)
Congrats! We currently use rundeck to ssh into servers to run python automations. This looks to be a much more elegant solution.
Re:Windmill.dev by sam1r on Thursday May 05, 2022 @06:21PM (#31279022)
Congrats! You are already on the front page, and your demo day is miles away. That is awesome.

EDIT: Months away - sorry, I am flying on spirit atm.

Re:Windmill.dev by echelon on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:00PM (#31277808)
Congrats!! That's awesome! :D

When did you submit your application? And when did they notify you about the interview?

You applied as a solo founder? That's a huge stamp of approval.

Re:Windmill.dev by sebmellen on Thursday May 05, 2022 @01:09PM (#31275959)
Awesome! Would love to hear more about the business model you're thinking of. Can't wait for Deno JS/TS!
Re:Windmill.dev by jamesmcintyre on Thursday May 05, 2022 @12:41PM (#31275567)
Now you must share a detailed account of your interview! Congrats!
Re:Windmill.dev by dvaun on Thursday May 05, 2022 @03:33PM (#31277527)
Congratulations!
Re:Windmill.dev by blooalien on Saturday May 07, 2022 @03:29AM (#31292796)
Congrats!
Re:Windmill.dev by wantlotsofcurry on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:39AM (#31274745)
Congrats!!!
Re:Windmill.dev by lyime on Thursday May 05, 2022 @09:23PM (#31280162)
Congrats!
Re:Windmill.dev by aisrael on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:00PM (#31277811)
Congrats!
Re:Windmill.dev by fernandotakai on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:39AM (#31274741)
congrats!
Re:Windmill.dev by raviparikh on Thursday May 05, 2022 @12:05PM (#31275108)
Congrats on the (unintentional) launch and on getting into YC!

We’re working on something similar at https://www.airplane.dev/ - same scripts-to-apps approach, schedules, trigger from Slack, etc.

Would love to chat sometime and compare notes if you’re up for it - [email protected]

Re:Windmill.dev by rubenfiszel on Thursday May 05, 2022 @12:07PM (#31275135)
Yes of course. I would lie if I said I was not aware of your existence. Your product and team is dope and I will reach out to you!
Re:Windmill.dev by grn on Thursday May 05, 2022 @03:28PM (#31277473)
What did you build the website with? It looks really nice and I’m looking for something I could use with my project. [1]

[1] https://github.com/gregnavis/active_record_doctor

Re:Windmill.dev by rubenfiszel on Thursday May 05, 2022 @07:03PM (#31279341)
Re:Windmill.dev by poofsoda on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:04AM (#31274294)
Good luck with the interview!!
Re:Windmill.dev by metadat on Thursday May 05, 2022 @04:28PM (#31278027)
Does the script analysis support bash scripts?