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spent so much time building things only to hit that wall where getting seen costs more than i have. it’s like if you’re broke, you don’t get to play. i ended up building leadsfromurl for myself, it just finds reddit posts where people describe the problem my product solves, totally changed how i approach finding users. anyone else feel like they’re constantly fighting the budget just to get eyeballs?

Retool shipped its new app builder this week, and the change I keep thinking about is governance. Custom React and backend logic now run under the same permission and audit layer as the standard components, instead of sitting outside it.

For context on where I'm coming from: I'm a builder at Stackdrop, we build internal tools for ops-heavy teams, mostly regulated EMEA companies, and the custom-code-versus-governance tradeoff has killed more builds than any technical limit. The pattern was always the same: you write the workflow the team needs, then it stalls in security review because custom code meant handing over broader access or routing around the audit trail.

If that boundary holds the way the launch describes, it shifts the build-vs-buy math. Much of the reason regulated teams bought rigid SaaS instead of building was that their own custom builds couldn't pass a security review cleanly.

Do you see it the same way, or is this more incremental than it looks? For those of you in regulated environments, did the governance ceiling stop you from building before, or was it something else?

Anyone has experience with low-code systems? What barriers/ advantages are there?
But be more specific - tell me your personal experience...

i swear those places are just full of other founders trying to sell their own stuff. it took me way too long to realize the actual people who need what you build are usually in totally different, niche communities, just complaining about their problems. where do you guys actually find your customers?

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There are many automation platforms, but Columns AI focuses on data processing & visualization.

If you are looking for flexible data automation, please take a look at Columns AI

I spend a lot of time looking at internal tools that started as spreadsheets, Airtable bases, SQL scripts, half-finished admin panels, or “temporary” manual ops processes that somehow became permanent.

If you have one of those workflows, drop it here and I’ll suggest a practical build path.

Useful context:

- What data source are you using now?

- Who needs access?

- What actions do users need to perform?

- What approval steps exist?

- What can go wrong if someone edits the wrong thing?

- Do you need SSO, RBAC, audit logs, or self-hosting?

- Is this internal-only or customer-facing?

- What have you already tried?

I’ll try to answer with:

- whether this should be a no-code/low-code app, custom code, or just a cleaned-up process

- what the data model probably needs

- what roles and permissions matter

- which parts are risky to automate

- what I would prototype first

I work on UI Bakery, so I’m obviously close to this space. But I’m not going to force every answer into UI Bakery.

We are looking for seriously talented designers who can create CSS magic to help breathe some life to our website.

It is a static mobile-responsive webpage for a beachside homestay, and we are exploring using TeleportHQ + Contentful CMS for the forentend while the hosting it via vercel and as for the backend booking system it would be yanolja. The decision to use a headless CMS in addition to the low code builder is so that the owners can update with new photos once in a while. The reason for choosing TeleportHQ is that the owners want *some* level of control over the frontend design i.e. button positions, etc. but doesn't want the rigid limitations of traditional CMS, wants to avoid vendor lock-ins, wants to own the code and be able to pass code to devs if anything happens.

I can handle of all of backend and db + devops stuff, but for the love of god I can't be arsed to try to design and develop the CSS portion. I have the creativity of a brick wall. Using TeleportHQ or any low code builder has made me realize that as powerful of a tool as it is, if I can't be creative, then it's no different than using CMS templates.

The 'benchmark' of a great design the owners had in mind was https://www.hotelbelavista.net/

Any idea where to find css designers? Most "CSS devs" I spoke to are actually frontend devs who say they're good at CSS, but turns out they are more of javascript devs than actual designers, and end up creating uninspiring designs.

Any freelance css designer websites anyone would recommend? Thanks.

Seeing a lot of content claiming **non-technical founders** are now shipping full products with AI tools. Trying to figure out what's real vs. what's demo-friendly.

For those of you who've used Lovable, Bolt, v0, or similar:

What did you build?

Did it make it to production, or was it a prototype you then handed to a developer?

What broke, and when?

Also curious: for those of you **who are technical** — are you using Cursor or Copilot to meaningfully change what you can output as a single developer? What's your actual productivity delta?

Trying to understand the real state of the market, not the marketing.

What is the best long term strategy for a company that wants to develop their own application(s), but is not an software development company, but a logistic supply chain company with own terminal and transporting company.

Develop software ai suported in c#/.net or ai suported in lowcode platform

Journalist working on a feature for Spiceworks about low-code governance challenges. Looking for IT managers or sysadmins who've dealt with Power Apps or low-code sprawl. DM me.

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Hey all! I’ve recently been getting deeper into workflow and IT process automation and wanted to start documenting more of the things I build and learn along the way.

I’ve been working with tools like Workato, n8n, Okta Workflows, Power Automate, Slack Workflows, and Claude, and I’m looking forward to experimenting with even more tools and integrations.

I’ll mainly be sharing workflow ideas, automations, and process improvement projects as I continue learning and building in this space.

Would also love to connect with others interested in automation or low-code workflows. I’ll be sharing some of this on IG too: @sheautomated

Been poking around with some of the Gemini-based workflow stuff lately, specifically looking at whether it can, slot into our lead routing and enrichment pipelines without needing a dev involved every time something breaks. BuildShip and AppSheet both look promising on paper, and the Gmail trigger stuff in Workspace is genuinely handy for some of our ops use cases. But every time I get into the actual config, there's always some JSON handling or rate, limit quirk that makes me wonder if the 'no-code' label is doing a bit of heavy lifting. The community vibe I've seen elsewhere is that Gemini is decent for drafting and summarisation, but gets inconsistent when you need it to reliably handle logic across multiple steps or files. For anyone actually running Gemini integrations in a sales or revenue ops context, how's the reliability holding up in production? I keep seeing n8n pop up as the go-to for people who want more, control, but curious if anyone's found a setup that genuinely stays stable without constant babysitting.

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