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Re:Three Constraints Before I Build Anything on Monday April 27, 2026 @06:15AM (#47919736)
your example also reminded me about the "file over app" concept in Obsidian. this constrain actually limits and shapes the product decisions
Re:WTF is going on with databases? SpacetimeDB controversial release on Thursday March 05, 2026 @11:26AM (#47263659)
Last week a new database called SpacetimeDB released a controversial launch video that went viral.

Show HN: Useful no-code tools that we used to build 35 startups

Posted by igorkrasnik on Monday October 30, 2023 @04:41PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://stack.paralect.com/

Hi! I'm leading a startup agency (I'm a dev turned CTO turned CMO).We're building products for 14 years and our core background is product engineering.We use lots of no-code (and full-code) tools to build startups for our clients + launch our own startups.I was surprised that many founders still don't know much about no-code tools. So I've collected all the useful tools that rather we, our...

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Re:Postgres Task Queues: The Secret Weapon Killing Specialized Queue S... on Friday May 12, 2023 @12:04PM (#35918121)
haha thank you

I can tell you dozens of similar anecdotes too

Kafka is very difficult to manage and it's better to avoid early for sure

Re:Postgres Task Queues: The Secret Weapon Killing Specialized Queue S... on Friday May 12, 2023 @11:59AM (#35918035)
Do you believe Postgres task queues can replace something as robust as Kafka?

What use-cases would you recommend to use it for?

Re:Linears- A collection of websites inspired by Linear on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:54PM (#34020224)
Awesome list! Was going to post the same lol

I've been ripping off Linear colors/fonts/layout for a few years, but didn't know it's such a trend.

Re:9 tips for non-tech founders to build the right MVP today on Sunday November 27, 2022 @06:20AM (#33762178)
I saw that product about a year ago but never tried it.

Looks solid now, will try it out.

Thank you!

Re:9 tips for non-tech founders to build the right MVP today on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:54PM (#33757736)
Thank you!

Not sure if I got it right, but if you want to build a simple backend I'd go with Supabase/Firebase for auth and Airtable for data/API. As for admin functionality — Retool seems to be the most powerful app (but can require some coding).

Also check out Memberstack — it allows to hide pages under paywall/authorization.

Here's a broader list of tools that we use.

No-code tools:

• Notion — documents (both internal project docs and public docs)

• Super.so, Tilda, Webflow, yep.so — landing pages and websites (also want to try popsy.so)

• Tally — forms

• Airtable — visual DB and API

• Figma, Canva — designs, prototypes, images, pitches

• Splitbee, Hotjar, Amplitude — analytics

• Crisp.chat, Intercom — customer support & analytics

• Make (Integromat), Zapier — automations

• MailerLite, SendGrid — transactional emails and newsletter

• Memberstack — membership/payments

Tech/low-code tools:

• Svelte — the simplest frontend framework to build (if you non-tech go with more popular React)

• Supabase, Firebase — auth+DB for prototypes

• Retool, Internal, UIBakery — back-office, admin functionality

• Render, DigitalOcean apps, Vercel — simplest hosting

• Napkin — simplest lambdas (eg. for simple backends with secret keys)

• GitHub Codespaces — coding without local env