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Show HN: Extensible OSS Retool Alternative
Show HN: PDF-Diff - Visualize any differences between two PDFs
Show HN: PDF-Diff - Visualize any differences between two PDFs
Show HN: PDF-Diff - Visualize any differences between two PDFs
Show HN: PDF-Diff - Visualize any differences between two PDFs
Show HN: Convert English to Cron Expressions
Show HN: Convert English to Cron Expressions
Show HN: I created a browser automation tool
I created this tool a few months ago to automate some of my tasks.
I use it to collect prices and files and to get notified when something changes on certain websites. The task runner uses Playwright.<p>I'm not sure if it can be useful to anybody else besides me :) Any feedback is welcome.
Show HN: I created a browser automation tool
I created this tool a few months ago to automate some of my tasks.
I use it to collect prices and files and to get notified when something changes on certain websites. The task runner uses Playwright.<p>I'm not sure if it can be useful to anybody else besides me :) Any feedback is welcome.
Show HN: I created a browser automation tool
I created this tool a few months ago to automate some of my tasks.
I use it to collect prices and files and to get notified when something changes on certain websites. The task runner uses Playwright.<p>I'm not sure if it can be useful to anybody else besides me :) Any feedback is welcome.
Show HN: Killer Crossword - A crossword puzzle variation with no clues
Show HN: Killer Crossword - A crossword puzzle variation with no clues
Show HN: Killer Crossword - A crossword puzzle variation with no clues
Show HN: Superblocks – IDE for Internal Apps, APIs and Cron Jobs
Hey HN, I’m Brad, one of the creators of Superblocks and a YC alum, excited to share our internal tooling IDE.<p>As developers ourselves, we faced the problem of building tons of internal admin UIs, backends to connect siloed data, reporting jobs, and data pipelines. For UIs we would build one-off React components. For integrations, we would have to decipher vendor docs and implement auth. Finally, for reporting jobs we had to handle failures and observability – many hours of repetitive engineering effort.<p>So we built Superblocks, an internal tooling IDE to connect to any datasource (databases, APIs, data warehouses), drag and drop your common UI components (tables, charts, forms), spin up backend APIs and schedule cron jobs, all in one place.<p>Since developers we spoke to hated repeatedly handling permissions, hooking up observability, configuring security and managing CI/CD pipelines, we built Superblocks to integrate with popular dev tools like Datadog, Elastic, GitHub, GitLab, Okta and more. Use our cloud version, or run a self-hosted agent to ensure your data never leaves your VPC [1].<p>Superblocks is quite differentiated from other “low-code” tools out there:
* 100% built for developers: observability, debuggability, version control, extend with Python & JS
* A platform, not a point solution: An all-in-one builder for internal tools: app UIs, APIs and cron jobs
* Agent architecture: source-available, stateless and lightweight vs a legacy on-prem deployment
* Scalable pricing: Pay for apps by Creator and usage-based pricing for end users (based on day passes) so it’s affordable to have 100s or 1000s of end users. Workflows and Jobs are billed on the number of executions.<p>A quick 4 min demo on the website: <a href="https://cdn.superblocks.com/superblocks-demo-06132022.mp4" rel="nofollow">https://cdn.superblocks.com/superblocks-demo-06132022.mp4</a>
Developer docs: <a href="https://docs.superblocks.com" rel="nofollow">https://docs.superblocks.com</a>
To illustrate Superblocks in action, we built this startup funding explorer last night [2]<p>Would love to hear feedback!<p>[1] Agent <a href="https://github.com/superblocksteam/agent" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/superblocksteam/agent</a>
[2] Superblocks Startup Explorer App <a href="https://app.superblocks.com/applications/4aab03cd-3b18-4138-aa8b-ac7c7592574f/pages/bdf59690-18a5-42d5-9014-250f8318a8cc?environment=production" rel="nofollow">https://app.superblocks.com/applications/4aab03cd-3b18-4138-...</a>
Show HN: Superblocks – IDE for Internal Apps, APIs and Cron Jobs
Hey HN, I’m Brad, one of the creators of Superblocks and a YC alum, excited to share our internal tooling IDE.<p>As developers ourselves, we faced the problem of building tons of internal admin UIs, backends to connect siloed data, reporting jobs, and data pipelines. For UIs we would build one-off React components. For integrations, we would have to decipher vendor docs and implement auth. Finally, for reporting jobs we had to handle failures and observability – many hours of repetitive engineering effort.<p>So we built Superblocks, an internal tooling IDE to connect to any datasource (databases, APIs, data warehouses), drag and drop your common UI components (tables, charts, forms), spin up backend APIs and schedule cron jobs, all in one place.<p>Since developers we spoke to hated repeatedly handling permissions, hooking up observability, configuring security and managing CI/CD pipelines, we built Superblocks to integrate with popular dev tools like Datadog, Elastic, GitHub, GitLab, Okta and more. Use our cloud version, or run a self-hosted agent to ensure your data never leaves your VPC [1].<p>Superblocks is quite differentiated from other “low-code” tools out there:
* 100% built for developers: observability, debuggability, version control, extend with Python & JS
* A platform, not a point solution: An all-in-one builder for internal tools: app UIs, APIs and cron jobs
* Agent architecture: source-available, stateless and lightweight vs a legacy on-prem deployment
* Scalable pricing: Pay for apps by Creator and usage-based pricing for end users (based on day passes) so it’s affordable to have 100s or 1000s of end users. Workflows and Jobs are billed on the number of executions.<p>A quick 4 min demo on the website: <a href="https://cdn.superblocks.com/superblocks-demo-06132022.mp4" rel="nofollow">https://cdn.superblocks.com/superblocks-demo-06132022.mp4</a>
Developer docs: <a href="https://docs.superblocks.com" rel="nofollow">https://docs.superblocks.com</a>
To illustrate Superblocks in action, we built this startup funding explorer last night [2]<p>Would love to hear feedback!<p>[1] Agent <a href="https://github.com/superblocksteam/agent" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/superblocksteam/agent</a>
[2] Superblocks Startup Explorer App <a href="https://app.superblocks.com/applications/4aab03cd-3b18-4138-aa8b-ac7c7592574f/pages/bdf59690-18a5-42d5-9014-250f8318a8cc?environment=production" rel="nofollow">https://app.superblocks.com/applications/4aab03cd-3b18-4138-...</a>
Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural light
For this palette, I used recent advances in color science, which made perceptual design more accessible, to choose a set of colors (mainly for syntax highlighting) that have uniform luminance for less visually uneven, fluidly readable code, but at the same time maximally distinguishable hue and chroma. The background colors are based on natural (sun-)light and shade for a more pleasing look than equally neutral greys.<p>For much more detailed info, including the construction, check out the repository.<p>There’s also already a (bare-bones) VSCode extension, linked in the repository, but it could admittedly use more informed distribution of colors over tokens, language specific highlighting and perhaps more opinionated use in UI elements.
Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural light
For this palette, I used recent advances in color science, which made perceptual design more accessible, to choose a set of colors (mainly for syntax highlighting) that have uniform luminance for less visually uneven, fluidly readable code, but at the same time maximally distinguishable hue and chroma. The background colors are based on natural (sun-)light and shade for a more pleasing look than equally neutral greys.<p>For much more detailed info, including the construction, check out the repository.<p>There’s also already a (bare-bones) VSCode extension, linked in the repository, but it could admittedly use more informed distribution of colors over tokens, language specific highlighting and perhaps more opinionated use in UI elements.
Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural light
For this palette, I used recent advances in color science, which made perceptual design more accessible, to choose a set of colors (mainly for syntax highlighting) that have uniform luminance for less visually uneven, fluidly readable code, but at the same time maximally distinguishable hue and chroma. The background colors are based on natural (sun-)light and shade for a more pleasing look than equally neutral greys.<p>For much more detailed info, including the construction, check out the repository.<p>There’s also already a (bare-bones) VSCode extension, linked in the repository, but it could admittedly use more informed distribution of colors over tokens, language specific highlighting and perhaps more opinionated use in UI elements.
Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural light
For this palette, I used recent advances in color science, which made perceptual design more accessible, to choose a set of colors (mainly for syntax highlighting) that have uniform luminance for less visually uneven, fluidly readable code, but at the same time maximally distinguishable hue and chroma. The background colors are based on natural (sun-)light and shade for a more pleasing look than equally neutral greys.<p>For much more detailed info, including the construction, check out the repository.<p>There’s also already a (bare-bones) VSCode extension, linked in the repository, but it could admittedly use more informed distribution of colors over tokens, language specific highlighting and perhaps more opinionated use in UI elements.
Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural light
For this palette, I used recent advances in color science, which made perceptual design more accessible, to choose a set of colors (mainly for syntax highlighting) that have uniform luminance for less visually uneven, fluidly readable code, but at the same time maximally distinguishable hue and chroma. The background colors are based on natural (sun-)light and shade for a more pleasing look than equally neutral greys.<p>For much more detailed info, including the construction, check out the repository.<p>There’s also already a (bare-bones) VSCode extension, linked in the repository, but it could admittedly use more informed distribution of colors over tokens, language specific highlighting and perhaps more opinionated use in UI elements.