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lowdefy
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Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration
I'm really enjoying reading through the docs and the tutorial. We've created Lowdefy, a config web-stack which makes it really simple to build quite advanced web apps. We're writing everything in YAML, but it has it's limitations, specifically when doing config type checking and IDE extensions that go beyond just YAML.
I've been looking for a way to have typed objects in the config to do config suggestions and type checking.. PKL looks like it can do this for us. And with the JSON output we might even be able to get there with minimal effort.
Is there anyone here with some PKL experience that would be willing to answer some technical questions re the use of PKL for more advanced, nested config?
See Lowdefy:
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Show HN: Retool AI
Awsome! With Lowdefy we tried to build a low-code framework that works like code. We’ve developed a schema in which to define applications and we’ve built all kinds of apps for enterprise customers. Massive, advanced CRM systems, call centre solutions, ticketing systems, a light MRP, all kinds of survey apps and so many dashboards. Even our docs and our website are Lowdefy apps!
Give Lowdefy a try and reach out it you have any questions or want to see what is possible :) (We need to invest a lot more into content and examples, bootstapping is a grind!)
Shameless plug, co-founder, have you tried https://lowdefy.com ?
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Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-Source Retool for Enterprise
Also add Lowdefy onto the list https://github.com/lowdefy/lowdefy
co-founder here :)
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The Surprising Power of Documentation
100% this. And yes, good documentation takes a lot of investment but it pays off like compound interest. But with that done, it becomes even more important not to pull the carpet for no good reason, you are building a tower and documentation is at the foundation.
We’ve built Lowdefy [1] as an open source project and documented it with all effort, 200 pages of docs. I often forget why or how something works and then jump to the docs. This investment keeps on paying of as we use Lowdefy to build customer apps, new devs in the team typically take less than two week to get up to speed and start making contributions, the sharp ones, just a two or three days.
This year, we’re extended our documentation onto customer apps aswell, with flow diagrams, state machine definitions, detailed field level explication schema definitions, and end user test procedures. The key here for this documentation is detail. It should be easier to reach for the docs and the the answer, than to dive in the code and interpret it.
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how to choose a tech stack for a personal project
https://github.com/lowdefy/lowdefy Co-Founder here.
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Ask HN: What have you built more than twice and wish someone had built for you?
Check out https://lowdefy.com/ they even have a sample survey app as one of their examples.
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AG Grid Community Roundup July 2022
Lowdefy is a low code tool that uses AG Grid as a block component, allowing you to create apps which render data in AG Grid without a lot of coding knowledge. There is a Lowdefy example using AG Grid here.
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Story of raising VC funding for my open-source project
Shameless plug, also check out Lowdefy - https://github.com/lowdefy/lowdefy
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Show HN: ToolJet 1.2 OSS Retool alternative with realtime multiplayer editing
I’m also going to jump in here and say try Lowdefy https://github.com/lowdefy/lowdefy - co-founder here.
We take a different angle and believe that low code should still work like code. We focus on a developer first approach.
yadm
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Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
Everyone hand-rolls their own dotfile management system, but YADM already does everything you need:
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System settings that aren’t in System Settings
I wonder if the program i use to manage my dotfiles could help manage your scripts and extend your setup to all your desktops? Its called yadm (https://yadm.io/) it makes it so easy to have a laptop and a desktop or two.
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Just got a new M2 Pro after my 2016 became outdated. What are your first steps to setting up a new computer?
If you haven’t already, this is the time to install a tool like yadm and get your computer configuration into version control. Your command-line tools can be managed by yadm directly, your system settings can mostly be managed with a yadm bootstrap script that runs things like defaults write, and the software you install can be managed with a Brewfile that the yadm bootstrap script uses to install software with Homebrew. Don’t manually download Xcode, use xcodes to do it.
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System 76 Linux script to set up a new PC including the personal profile and prefered software installs
I personally use YADM. It's basically a git repo on my home folder, that only tracks what I explicitly set. And you can setup bootstraps to do what you said, install a bunch of stuff or make custom changes. In it's essence, it's a set of bash/sh files that are executed sequentially when you launch the yadm bootstrap command.
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Git Aliases - My way of learning Git
I'm not yet a Git Wizard yet, you'll find me being very sloppy with my commits as I'm learning it. But you can see me editing my config files very frequently. To copy-paste from the website of yadm.io:
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Setup a backup system if you haven’t done it yet
Checkout yadm or chezmoi. They work great.
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The best way of tracking dotfiles I ever saw.
I currently use yadm and love it.
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Dotfiles Management
I very recently put some effort into tidying up my dotfiles, and have a brief writeup at https://chatwithsysop.com/blog/2022/12/31/dotfiles-cleanup (none of this was done with the academic rigor required to withstand a deconstruction by HN, it is just a log of one person's experience with a weekend project).
I chose to use yadm (http://yadm.io) for no particular reasons beyond that I found it first, and it seemed reasonable. It's more just a wrapper around putting GIT_DIR elsewhere.
YADM[0] is another great tool for this very purpose which I've been using for years in combination with homebrew to setup any new (Mac) machine that I get and have everything from dotfiles to Applications installed in no time.
[0] https://yadm.io
What are some alternatives?
GNU Stow - GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches
chezmoi - Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
appsmith - Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
dotbot - A tool that bootstraps your dotfiles ⚡️
budibase - Budibase is an open-source low code platform that helps you build internal tools in minutes 🚀
ToolJet - Low-code platform for building business applications. Connect to databases, cloud storages, GraphQL, API endpoints, Airtable, Google sheets, OpenAI, etc and build apps using drag and drop application builder. Built using JavaScript/TypeScript. 🚀
homesick - Your home directory is your castle. Don't leave your dotfiles behind.
Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
streamlit - Streamlit — A faster way to build and share data apps.
rcm - rc file (dotfile) management
git-submodules - Git Submodule alternative with equivalent features, but easier to use and maintain.