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by jameslk
2066 days ago
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I've been using Retool very seriously over the past few months. It's definitely helpful to iterate on some UI ideas and prototype. Once you want to do anything complicated that involves any sort of logic, it becomes very clunky since you're trying to write JS in a tiny web-based code editor box. Refractors (e.g. changing a variable name or deleting a query) is kind of a nightmare since I can't just search for it's usage. I also wish it had support for a lightweight DB out of box instead of requiring one to always be present. Finally, it seems components have kind of inconsistent capabilities, like being able to trigger a query on certain events that you would expect, which limits their usefulness. Overall I'd say it's helpful but has a ways to go before being a useful replacement for most internal app use cases. It's certainly promising though and hopefully this round of investment helps round off some of these rough spots in the product. |
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Anyhow — thank you for the feedback! I will send you an email in a few hours too. If you'd be willing to hop on the phone to dive into some of this in more detail, it'd be really appreciated. (I'll probably run a few potential solutions by you and see which ones you like.)