billabear
SQLpage
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billabear
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Show HN: A open-source financial accounting alternative to QuickBooks
> Anecdotally, we've seen a number of larger "open-source alternative to X" projects posted on HN of late that are technically self-deployable, but require so much up-front knowledge that it's not actually accessible to those who might truly be liberated by such software.
Any self-hosted application really needs someone technical unless you're providing something like the DigitalOcean deploy button.
Docker-compose requires technical knowledge to run locally. Sure running "docker compose" is easy but installing it often isn't. As someone quite technical I'm honestly not sure how that would work for deploying on to AWS or GCP even though I know it's possible. I would have to look into it.
Ansible scripts require technical knowledge. Again running the command is easy but installing ansible isn't.
How DigitalOcean's deploy button is really easy as is shown in my demo video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbInyGtqLCs&t=1s. Note there is 10 minutes of my app demo inbetween starting the process and me using a deployed version. You can even try it out at https://github.com/BillaBear/billabear it's literally super easy. It's also silly easy to actually build. "DigitalOcean's app platform is so good it makes BillaBear looks good since the deployment is so easy" is literally what I've said to people.
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How long for the first outreach sale?
A bit of context so people can understand. I have a subscription management and billing system, it's self-hostable and I provide a managed hosted version too. The license cost is 2,000 GBP using the JetBrains license model with upgrade licenses dropping down to 1,500 GBP. There is technically a lifetime deal (all versions and upgrades) for the next week or so for 500 GBP but I'm not wanting to tell outreach prospects about that it's more of a hidden thing and something I talk about with inbound (because they are normally inbound because they saw the deal and want more info) more context if it helps is billabear.com and github.com/billabear/billabear.
- BillaBear - V1.1 released
- BillaBear – v1.1 – Subscription Management and Billing
- Payment Integration Lessons Stripe Test Clock
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Share Your Startup - July 2023 - Upvote for Maximum Visibility
Startup Name / URL BillaBear / www.billabear.com Location of Your Headquarters Berlin, Germany Elevator Pitch/Explainer Video Source-available SaaS Subscription Management and Billing system - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbInyGtqLCs More details: https://github.com/billabear/billabear What life cycle stage is your startup at? Validation Your role? Founder What goals are you trying to reach this month? Get more customers How could r/startups help? Check it out, maybe give a GitHub star and reach out if you need help improving your billing. Discount for r/startups subscribers? Sure email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) mentioning this and I'll give you a lifetime deal for 500 GBP.
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Announcing BillaBear - Self-hostable Subscription Management and Billing
It's source-available and can be found at https://github.com/billabear/billabear.
- Show HN: BillaBear – Self-Hosted SaaS Subscription Management and Billing
SQLpage
- OAuth and OIDC Implementation in SQL
- SQLite Schema Diagram Generator
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SQLPage – Building a full web application with nothing but SQL queries [video]
Saving further clicks:
> SQLPage is a tool that allows you to build websites using nothing more than SQL queries. You write simple text files containing SQL queries, SQLPage runs them on your database, and renders the results as a website.
The 22-line "TinyTweeter" example at 28:45 [0] in the video is a good overview - perhaps better than anything currently on the homepage/docs: https://github.com/lovasoa/SQLpage/blob/main/examples/tiny_t...
Also, based on a couple of discussions [1][2] it seems like SQLPage has the potential to combine well with HTMX too. The two projects definitely share a similar philosophy.
[0] https://youtu.be/mXdgmSdaXkg?t=1721
[1] https://github.com/lovasoa/SQLpage/issues/84#issuecomment-19...
[2] https://github.com/lovasoa/SQLpage/pull/175#issuecomment-187...
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Bruno
I am currently looking for a solution to run automated tests on a sql website generator I am working on ( https://sql.ophir.dev )
I wanted to use hurl (https://hurl.dev/), but Bruno's UI seems to be useful while developing the tests... Has someone tried both ? Which is better for automated testing, including when the response type is html and not json?
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Apache Superset
Full fledged BI tools like Superset and Metabase are amazing for their intended use cases.
But they may be an overkill if your primary use case is to infrequently build semi-interactive reports for non-technical end-users and your use cases are are mostly covered by standard graphs & tables. Esp. so if you are familiar with SQL and have access to the underlying data source. Two nifty utilities I have found to be very useful for latter kind of use cases are SQLPage and Evidence.
They make it very convenient to whip out some SQL and convert that to a neat professional looking web ui that can be forwarded to an end user. In case of Evidence it is a statically generated site, and in case of SQLPage it is a web app that connects to a live database.
SQLPage: https://sql.ophir.dev/
Evidence: https://evidence.dev
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PostgREST: Providing HTML Content Using Htmx
I feel obligated to add a shameless plug here. The idea is very close to a project I presented at pgconf.eu last week: SQLPage
https://sql.ophir.dev/
SQLPage has the same goal as postgrest+htmx, but is a little bit higher level. It let's you build your application using prepackaged components you can invoke directly from SQL, without having to write any HTML, CSS, or JS.
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I think I need to go lie down
It would be great if someone could open a github issue with reproduction steps and maybe a screenshot: https://github.com/lovasoa/SQLpage/issues
The worst I'm able to get when manually disabling the cache and simulating a slow 3G connection is this: a blank page first, then text in the browser's font, then the text re-renders with the right font, then the icons load. The user should never see completely unstyled content.
The site uses "font-display: fallback" so this happens only on slow network connections. If the font loads fast enough, then the fallback never appears.
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Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document
The official website for SQLPage (https://sql.ophir.dev/) is written in SQLPage.
The source code is here: https://github.com/lovasoa/SQLpage/tree/main/examples/offici...
The site also links to this little collaborative game written in SQLPage: https://conundrum.ophir.dev/
The github README has code snippets and associated screenshots: https://github.com/lovasoa/SQLpage#examples
There is also an official repl.it that you can fork to quickly try it online without having to download anything: https://replit.com/@pimaj62145/SQLPage
And SQLPage cloud is coming: https://sql.ophir.dev/your-first-sql-website/hosted.sql
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Ask HN: What do you like to see in tech talks?
Hey HN community!
I'll be making my first ever presentation at a large tech conference at pgconf.eu this December, where I'll be presenting the SQLPage webapp micro-framework ( https://sql.ophir.dev/ ). I'm eager to make a lasting impression and deliver a presentation that truly resonates with the audience at the conference, who probably knows more about postgres than I do.
That's where I could use your insights. What makes a good tech talk in your eyes? Do you like seeing mind-blowing demos, deep dives into code, compelling storytelling, or something else entirely ?
If you have any specific advice, tips, or ideas for structuring a tech conference presentation, I'm all ears. I want to ensure that my presentation is not just informative but also an experience to remember.
Thank you in advance for your guidance and suggestion !
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Show HN: A open-source financial accounting alternative to QuickBooks
When I see that, I always wonder whether this is part of the business plan of the people who distribute open source software for free, with a paid hosted version. There is some kind of a conflict of interest: the easier the software is to install and operate, the less attractive the hosted version.
I am working on an open-source software with a hosted version myself ( https://sql.ophir.dev ). It's a website builder, and I'm trying to make ease of deployment and operations a competitive advantage, which is marketed on the home page. But it may be idealistic to ask the same of others. My audience is mostly people who will have to operate the software themselves, whereas in most other domains, the people making the choice to use the software and the people who will then have to operate it are not the same.
What are some alternatives?
lago - Open Source Metering and Usage Based Billing API ⭐️ Consumption tracking, Subscription management, Pricing iterations, Payment orchestration & Revenue analytics
bigcapital - 💵 Bigcapital is financial accounting with intelligent reporting for faster decision-making, an open-source alternative to Quickbooks, Xero, etc.
upvpn-app - UpVPN is the world's first Serverless VPN. The VPN app is available for macOS, Linux, Windows, and Android. The UpVPN service can also be used with any WireGuard compatible client using the Web Device feature.
dwarf - dwarf is a typed, interpreted, language that shares syntax with Rust.
webdevamin - My freelance web agency website
duckdb-prql - PRQL as a DuckDB extension
MetisFL - The first open Federated Learning framework implemented in C++ and Python.
budibase - Budibase is an open-source low code platform that helps you build internal tools in minutes 🚀
mockoon - Mockoon is the easiest and quickest way to run mock APIs locally. No remote deployment, no account required, open source.
pugsql - A HugSQL-inspired database library for Python
Symfony - The Symfony PHP framework
self-hosted - Sentry, feature-complete and packaged up for low-volume deployments and proofs-of-concept