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by fersho311 2100 days ago
Feedback: When I first went to the site I thought it wasn’t working. It was only after I created an account (which I was hesitant to do) that I was able to view the Postgres and Elasticsearch tutorial.

I went through the Postgres tutorial and it worked well, good job. I’ve never created a usable database so quickly before, this is cool.
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anthonykhoa 2100 days ago
We didn't think about signup being a barrier, I'll bring this up in our next sprint at the possibility of removing signup / signin altogether. Thank you for the feedback!
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lifekaizen 2099 days ago
It is a barrier, you can probably see it in your page analytics. A good way to implement is to let me play with the database a little, and then if I want to save or something ask me to make an account.
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resurge 2098 days ago
It's not that it's a barrier, but it's unclear that you need an account before being able to use the site.

I clicked on the PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch buttons a few times, the page seemed to flash for a second and then... nothing.

But as [lifekaizen explained](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24569307), no signup with then the option to save when signing in would be even better.

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