Datasette
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“I have a version of Datasette that runs entirely in the browser”
“Looks like a good addition to the datasette ecosystem.”
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“I like this new pattern much better, as it keeps your app and data in one place”
“simonw's excellent https://github.com/simonw/datasette”
“wonderful Datasette plus the mbox-to-sqlite extension is exactly what you want”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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From the makers not counted in the ranking
“but Datasette, sqlite-utils and LLM are not that.”
“I have similar charts across my three main open source projects”
“I'm planning to add a way for trusted users to create these through the UI”
“I started the Datasette project in 2017.”
“This new feature would be a lot easier to understand if there was a custom API explorer for it.”
“here's a substantial, reviewed PR I landed just yesterday https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/2741”
Threads where it came up
- Datasette Apps: Host custom HTML applications inside Datasette 8 mentions
- Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI 2 mentions
- I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit 2 mentions
- SQLite in Production: Lessons from Running a Store on a Single File 2 mentions
- Union Busters Coming After Me 1 mention
- AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less 1 mention
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All comments 16
“(which is run on Datasette)”
“so will look into Datasette.”
“I have a version of Datasette that runs entirely in the browser”
nee: couchapps https://railsware.com/blog/couchdb-and-couchapp-part-1/amp/#:~:text=CouchApp%20%E2%80%93%20feel%20power%20of%20JavaScript%20in%20CouchDB https://couchapp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/couchapp/gettingstarted.html#init-your-application https://couchapp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/list-of-couchapps.html
“Looks like a good addition to the datasette ecosystem.”
“I have an idea for a way to edit them through Datasette”
“I like this new pattern much better, as it keeps your app and data in one place”
“simonw's excellent https://github.com/simonw/datasette”
“wonderful Datasette plus the mbox-to-sqlite extension is exactly what you want”
“consider http://datasette.io/ as well”
“Hi, thanks for your project!”
“Philip James has an awesome talk[0] where he uses Datasette to collect city government documents”
“there is also Datasette in a browser now”
“it uses Pyodide to run Datasette in Python in WebAssembly”
“I did a livestream thing about building RAG against FTS search in Datasette last year”
“Infographic explaining how the Datasette open source project works”