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5 points by ruslan_talpa 2 years ago | 6 comments

This demo is build with subZero [0] - The TypeScript library to build internal tools fast

Everything is running in JS (express+react-admin), there are no external dependencies (other supporting services), which makes for an easy deployment (single container/service) to any platform that can run JavaScript. The demo uses SQLite as the db but PostgreSQL/MySQL/ClickHouse are also supported.

[0] https://getsubzero.today/

syndicatedjelly 2 years ago |

Some misc feedback:

1) I thought I was the target audience for this app, based on the headline "Django Admin for Typescript". I'm working on a Django app right now and it seemed relevant, but after reading through the site I don't know how I would use this. Django provides a variety of middlewares to connect to different databases, so I'm not understanding what subZero's value proposition is from that perspective. Maybe I misunderstood the purpose of this software.

2) As a developer, I thought your summary in the https://docs.subzero.cloud/ Overview made a lot more sense than the copy in https://getsubzero.today/ . Maybe I'm not the audience for the page though, perhaps it's geared towards program managers or people with organizational buying power?

Also this is just, like, my opinion. So you're welcome to ignore any or all of it :) Best of luck!

ruslan_talpa 2 years ago | |

1) The similarity is with "django admin" specifically (not django). The way i saw this was: "if you have models setup with django, django-admin gives you a admin UI for the data without any setup", with subzero "if you have a database (with any schema), subzero gives you an UI for the data without any setup" and both of these systems can be customized with code. Another way to put it: you have your db, you point subzero to it, and you get the UI linked here, no configuration needed, and if desired, it can be customized to any degree

2) actually the overview of the docs is a bit old, it was written some months ago when there was no UI (just the backend stuff) so the positioning changed a bit. While the copy on the homepage was indeed intended for "managers/CTOs" it should have certainly made sense to a developer too so i have to fix that somehow.

Thank you very much for the feedback, really valuable.

syndicatedjelly 2 years ago |

Whatever page that links to committed a couple of light sins:

1) Dumped me on some login page. I want to learn about the service, not sign in to something unknown.

2) Hijacked the browser’s back button. Now I can’t escape, and am forced to kill the tab.

Please fix those things

ruslan_talpa 2 years ago | |

Thank you for the feedback, - I though in the TLDR world, people would prefer to just see the demo instead of the "homepage" ... i guess i was wrong, anyway the link is [1]

- The back button isn't hijacked (but i get what you are saying), i linked to the / of the demo but it immediately redirects to login. I'll change the link to login so that there is no "back hijack"

[1] https://getsubzero.today/

ruslan_talpa 2 years ago | | |

Since i can no longer edit the link of the post, here is the link directly to the login page so that the "back hijack" is avoided

https://demo.subzero.cloud/login (thank you syndicatedjelly)

syndicatedjelly 2 years ago | | |

Thank you, for the record I do appreciate that you provide a demo account to check out