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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by xupybd on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @09:26PM (#33338543)
Hmm... there is almost no information on the company behind this. The first thing I'd be doing when evaluating a tool like this is to find out what sort of backing it has. Is it going to be around long enough for our investment in building with it to pay off? From that website my answer would be probably not, I'm not willing to risk my reputation on recommending something without solid evidence it will be here in 5 years.
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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by airforms on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @09:38PM (#33338652)
> solid evidence it will be here in 5 years

Fair point. However, note that there is no guarantee that a product or service from Google [1] or Microsoft [2] will be there in 5 years.

[1] https://killedbygoogle.com/

[2] https://killedbymicrosoft.info/

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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by xupybd on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:00PM (#33338812)
Yes but no one gets fired for picking Google or Microsoft.

All you really need is a little background about the company running the thing. That would be enough for someone like myself to cover my ass for picking your tool.

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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by airforms on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:18PM (#33338950)
What you really want to see is a reputable VC (preferably from Sand Hill Road) backing the company. That might be coming in the future, but for now we are doing well without VCs.
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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by xupybd on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:41PM (#33339144)
Not so much. A company name, address and some people's names behind it tick most of the boxes.

A back story is even better.

This is a perfect example of the kind of page I'm talking about. https://www.cadcode.com/content/about-us

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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by Qtips87 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:06AM (#33339691)
Nowadays a lot of companies are 100% remote with no physical address.
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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by ano88888 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:48PM (#33339599)
Gosh, this is a very bad sign of arguing wiht potentail customers who simply give good advice on telling a little about who is behind the company (like address, etc). Why do you want to hide such info?
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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by interlocutor on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:49AM (#33339957)
I am a founder myself and I haven't put founders' info on our website for a simple reason... one of the cofounders has not yet quit his day job and he doesn't want his employers to know he is moonlighting.
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Re:Show HN: Airforms – never build another CRUD app by xupybd on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:38PM (#33366465)
Just put the story of why you're doing what you're doing. You need the appearance of people behind the product.
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