Ask HN: What is an easy way to create web UIs as a back end dev/data scientist?

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  • lowdefy

    The config web stack for business apps - build internal tools, client portals, web apps, admin panels, dashboards, web sites, and CRUD apps with YAML or JSON.

    correct link: https://lowdefy.com

    I am intrigued and will check it out. We have some data we'd like to display to internal users but don't need any fancy system just want to unlock it quickly and easily on the web without tying up our frontend devs right now. Not sure if that is what you are shooting for but kinda sounds like it.

    IMO there are likely a lot of companies and tech teams that would use a tool that could do that in a secure and simple way. But it would have to be targeted at the IT/database/backend crowd as that is who generally controls access to the data.

  • RailsAdmin

    RailsAdmin is a Rails engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data

    Check out Retool: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/1564

    A wswig for internal UI/dashboards has a lot of value for companies that don't have a dedicated internal tools team.

    My company had an internal tools teams at one point but it got killed because of other business priorities.

    We use https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin, that still requires development time and frontend knowledge, but the framework is terrible.

    https://marmelab.com/react-admin/ is much better but also required development time and frontend knowledge.

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