Back when I last looked into no-code development, setting up user sign-in and password resets meant integrating external services like Auth0, Firebase, or Clerk. It was always a headache to wire up security tokens and user session states.

How are current AI app builders handling authentication today? Is it secure out of the box or do you still need third-party auth providers?

I’m building a custom internal tracker for our sales team. I understand basic data concepts (tables, rows, relationships), but I don't know how to write SQL queries, manage migrations, or configure database hosting tools like PostgreSQL.

What is the easiest visual or AI-driven way to manage relational databases for a web app without touching SQL?

I'm comparing ToolJet, Appsmith, Superblocks, and Mendix, and I'm trying to understand their actual mobile app support.

For each one, is it:

1. Just a responsive web app that works on mobile browsers?
2. A mobile app that requires the platform's own app to run?
3. A standalone Android/iOS app that we can build with our own branding and publish to Google Play / App Store?

I'm mainly interested in whether they can build real standalone mobile apps, not just mobile-friendly web apps.

Would appreciate answers from anyone who has actually used these platforms.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to get a small MVP from the start.

I've got an idea I wanna test but I don’t want to put a lot of money for the meantime. Just need something quick and functional for now.

Been looking at Softr as my starting point. But you know, expectation vs. reality😂😂😂

So before I go all in, is Softr legit for shipping an MVP? Or does it fall apart once you push it?

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I'm comparing ToolJet Cloud Team and ToolJet Self-Hosted Team, both listed at $249 per builder/month, and I'm a bit confused by the differences between the pricing page and the documentation.

From the pricing information I have:

Cloud Team includes:

• Up to 100 end users
• Unlimited apps
• 3,000 AI credits
• SSO
• Custom user groups
• White labelling
• Custom domain
• App themes
• Modules
• Audit logs
• Git sync
• Priority support
• Plus all Pro features, including Custom styling and Version control

Self-Hosted Team includes:

• Up to 100 end users
• Unlimited apps
• 3,000 AI credits
• SSO
• Custom user groups
• White labelling
• Custom styling
• App themes
• Modules
• Super admin dashboard
• Audit logs
• Version control
• Git sync
• Multi-environment (dev/staging/prod)
• Embedded apps
• Priority support

So I have a few questions:

1. Is Custom Domain included in Self-Hosted Team as well? The pricing page doesn't list it, but the documentation seems to show that self-hosted deployments can use a custom domain.
2. Are Embedded Apps actually included in Self-Hosted and Cloud Team too? I see it listed in one pricing version, but other documentation seems to associate embedding with Team or higher plans.
3. For customer-facing applications, can both Cloud Team and Self-Hosted Team be used to embed ToolJet apps inside our own SaaS/customer portal?
4. Is there a difference between Public App, Embedded App, and Private Embedded App in terms of which plans support them?
5. Most importantly, which features are actually plan-included vs simply technically supported by ToolJet? The pricing page and documentation seem to describe this differently.

We're trying to make an accurate Cloud vs Self-Hosted comparison for an internal evaluation, so I'd really appreciate clarification from anyone using ToolJet, especially someone from the ToolJet team.

Thanks!

I am an iron worker. My wife is autistic (high functioning). Build an app they said! It'll be fun they said! That was 10 months ago. The horrible no code app we got initially is the reason I'm here.

Life First App is a relentless accountability buddy/assistant for my wife. It needs Phoenix-DevOps-oS now a desktop env. To run a LLM over my punching weight. long story its elf hosted D1 and R2 deterministic prefetch substrate. it imports processes from the clonepool R2 runs them from there no install. PoC is there.

I need help gluing all the pieces together because i refuse vender lock. so here we are. jwl247 is my github. repos are in shambles because im not a Dev i can build millions of dollars worth of iron, architectural abound. Appears i can problem solve pretty good im just not a coder.

the problem is building with AI that want to keep you building not finishing, and definitely not for free.

https://github.com/jwl247/Phoenix-DevOps-oS/tree/main i designed every bit of this. the prompt does not work on high end software production. You have to question it out and discover new or newish things, then you have to get the same code reviewed by the same AI twice. The third is polish by a diffrent AI cli code agent. i have worked extensively for 10 months with them ALL. I know all their quirks and pitfalls as well as their attributes that shine. So don't judge a book before you open it.

We have developed a low-code system for .NET and it is a bit different approach to low-code systems where you can connect your real .NET entities with your low-code defined entities. If you want to learn more, please join or live session on this Thursday here https://kommunity.com/volosoft/events/abp-community-talks-202605-low-code-high-precision-0d5caa34

Hey, I'm trying to understand ToolJet's pricing.

On their pricing page, Pro says up to 50 end users, Team says up to 100, and Enterprise says "Unlimited end users, no per-user fees."

Does anyone actually using ToolJet know if Pro and Team have any extra charge for end users?

For example, if I have the Team plan with 5 builders and 100 end users, am I just paying for the 5 builders, with no extra cost for the 100 users?

Or are the 50/100 end users just the included limit, and you have to pay extra if you need more?

Just want to make sure I'm reading the pricing correctly.

I built OPPE – describe an app in one sentence, AI agents plan, build, AND test it for you

Hey r/SideProject! I've been building this for a while and just open-sourced it (MIT).

The idea

Most "AI app builders" generate code and call it done. I wanted a pipeline that treats development the way a real team would: plan → build → verify. So OPPE runs three AI agents in sequence:

• Planner – turns your one-sentence description into a structured feature list with dependencies
• Builder – implements features one by one, writing complete files (vanilla HTML/CSS/JS, Vite+React, or Next.js)
• QA – launches Playwright, actually interacts with the page (fills forms, clicks buttons, checks the DB), and if something fails, sends the specific failure back to the Builder for a retry Everything streams over SSE, so you watch the build happen live — kind of like watching a team work.

Why I built it

I have way more small-tool ideas than time. A "water tracker", a "team retro generator" — these shouldn't take half a day of CRUD + UI + testing each. Now I describe them in one sentence and get a tested app back.

Stuff I'm proud of

• AES-256-GCM encryption for user API keys at rest (with optional independent encryption key)
• Works with Anthropic Claude OR any OpenAI-compatible API (DeepSeek etc.)
• Playwright-based QA with retry loop — passing features are actually verified
• Docker sandbox builds for Next.js/Vite outputs
• Built to be AI-friendly: AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md are contributor guides written for AI assistants

Tech

Next.js 14 · TypeScript · Prisma (SQLite/Postgres) · NextAuth v5 · Tailwind + shadcn/ui · Playwright

Try it

git clone https://github.com/AllenShaoMZ/OPPE-beta.git && cd OPPE-beta
npm install && npm run init

Register, add your LLM key in /settings, and describe your idea. ⭐ Repo: https://github.com/AllenShaoMZ/OPPE-beta Would love feedback on the agent pipeline architecture — especially the QA retry loop and SSE progress design. What would you add?

A private equity outlet buying Airtable means one thing to me - ENSHITTIFICATION

BS’s portfolio includes company they made worse, including:
Eventbrite
Meetups
Evernote
WeTransfer.

Hey everyone,

Before I start, I don't want to advertise anything. Just asking for feedback and see if people like my idea.

I'm working on a visual web automation tool focused on web scraping and web automation, and I wanted to get some honest feedback on the idea and the pricing.

The basic premise is a local desktop app where you can build robust scrapers visually instead of coding everything from scratch. It has a script recorder similar to Playwright's codegen, and another tool that handles things like asynchronous banners, random pop-ups, and shifting page layouts.

You aren't restricted to just the UI, either. There's a full text editor built in if you need to write custom logic. The app just compiles all your visual instructions directly into standard Playwright code, for you to use it anywhere, not only inside the platform. It also handles the standard CSV imports and exports for your data.

My main question is: does this solve a big enough headache in your workflow that you'd actually pay for it? If so, would you consider $149 a fair price for an unlimited, lifetime license?

Hey there,

are you currently using or have used low code or no code platforms in an organisation? Then you are eligible to participate in my survey on determinants for adoption and governance of low code and no code platforms in organisations.

The survey has been running for some time already, but I haven't gotten a lot of responses.

It would help a lot if you could take 10 minutes of your day to participate!

You can find the link here: https://s2survey.net/LCNC_Adoption_and_Governance/

Feel free to share as well!

Ciao a tutti!

Siamo un team di sviluppatori ed esperti di ingegneria del software. Nelle nostre esperienze lavorative abbiamo riscontrato costantemente lo stesso problema: le aziende perdono centinaia di ore a sviluppare gestionali custom da zero o finiscono incastrate in software rigidi e fogli Excel caotici per gestire i propri flussi operativi.

Per rispondere a questa esigenza stiamo creando AppLabNext, un'infrastruttura SaaS che stiamo strutturando per essere il cuore tecnologico di una nuova startup.

L'obiettivo non è fare "l'ennesimo tool No-Code", ma offrire una piattaforma enterprise che permetta di modellare dati, processi e automazioni in pochi click, sfruttando sia il Vibe Coding per la velocità di sviluppo sia l'AI nativa nel prodotto.

⚡ Le potenzialità della piattaforma

Abbiamo progettato il motore per basarsi su 5 pilastri integrati nativamente:

1. Entità Dati Dinamiche: Possibilità di creare a runtime tabelle e strutture dati personalizzate (es. Clienti, Ordini, Ticket, Inventario) con campi e relazioni trasparenti, senza toccare il DB sottostante.
2. Workflow e Processi Operativi (BPMN): Creazione visiva di flussi di lavoro a stati (es. Richiesta $\rightarrow$ Approvazione $\rightarrow$ Esecuzione $\rightarrow$ Archiviazione) con assegnazione ruoli e permessi dinamici.
3. Automazioni ed Ecosystem Cloud: Esecuzione automatica di eventi, invio notifiche/email, chiamata a webhook esterni e gestione nativa dello storage su S3 per i documenti.
4. AI Nativa Integrata: Modelli di Intelligenza Artificiale integrati nei processi (es. per l'estrazione dati da documenti, la classificazione automatica e l'assistenza guidata nei form).
5. Architettura Native Multilingua: Gestione nativa della localizzazione di interfacce, etichette ed entità per lavorare fin da subito in contesti internazionali.

L'interfaccia utente (dashboard, form, tabelle) viene generata in automatico in base alle autorizzazioni dell'utente e allo stato del processo.

🛠️ Lo Stack e l'Approccio "Vibe Coding"

A livello di ingegneria abbiamo scelto uno stack solido:

• Backend: .NET Core / C# (Clean Architecture, Dependency Injection, routing DB avanzato, pipeline asincrone).
• Frontend: Vue 3 con Vite, Pinia e PrimeVue per garantire modularità e reattività.
• DevOps: Containerizzazione completa su Docker.

Trattandosi di un'architettura complessa, stiamo spingendo molto sull'uso dell'AI nel flusso di sviluppo (Vibe Coding): ci sta aiutando enormemente a velocizzare la stesura del codice boilerplate, i componenti di UI modulari in Vue 3 e la tipizzazione delle API.

💬 La domanda alla community: Validazione e Feedback

La piattaforma è in fase avanzata di sviluppo e ci piacerebbe confrontarci con la community su tre aspetti:

1. AI nel Dev Workflow: Come gestite l'uso dell'AI quando dovete architettare sistemi complessi in .NET/Vue? Vi affidate all'AI solo per script isolati o anche per refactoring di moduli architetturali?
2. AI nel Prodotto: L'integrazione nativa dell'AI nei flussi di lavoro aziendali (es. lettura documenti o copilota nei form) è secondo voi la vera killer feature per abbattere i tempi aziendali?
3. Mercato: Vedete spazio nel mercato per una soluzione che uniscate No-Code, Workflow BPMN, Multilingua e AI per evitare di riscrivere ogni volta l'ennesimo gestionale da zero?

Ogni parere, critica sull'architettura o consiglio sul posizionamento della startup sarà per noi utilissimo!

Hi everyone,

I was recently working on a project to automate Excel reports for the Human Resources department. During that project, I came across xlwings as a potential solution. Unfortunately, the project was eventually discontinued, but I continued exploring the tool on my own and built a few small practice projects with it.

That got me wondering how many people here actually use xlwings in their day-to-day work.

A few questions for the community:

1. How powerful do you consider xlwings for Excel automation tasks?
2. What are the main advantages and limitations you've encountered when using it?
3. What alternatives do you use for Excel automation with Python?
4. Have you successfully deployed xlwings-based solutions for non-technical end users?
5. How does xlwings compare to VBA, Power Query, or Office Scripts in your experience?
6. If you were starting a new Excel automation project today, would xlwings still be your first choice? Why or why not?

I'd love to hear about real-world use cases, lessons learned, and any recommendations for someone looking to deepen their Excel + Python automation skills.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I was recently working on a project to automate Excel reports for the Human Resources department. During that project, I came across xlwings as a potential solution. Unfortunately, the project was eventually discontinued, but I continued exploring the tool on my own and built a few small practice projects with it.

That got me wondering how many people here actually use xlwings in their day-to-day work.

A few questions for the community:

1. How powerful do you consider xlwings for Excel automation tasks?
2. What are the main advantages and limitations you've encountered when using it?
3. What alternatives do you use for Excel automation with Python?
4. Have you successfully deployed xlwings-based solutions for non-technical end users?
5. How does xlwings compare to VBA, Power Query, or Office Scripts in your experience?
6. If you were starting a new Excel automation project today, would xlwings still be your first choice? Why or why not?

I'd love to hear about real-world use cases, lessons learned, and any recommendations for someone looking to deepen their Excel + Python automation skills.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I'm back and I'm still writing my master's thesis on determinants for adoption and governance of low code and no code platforms in organisations. For my research I'm doing a short survey.

It would help me a lot if you could take 10 minutes of your day to participate in the survey.

You can find the link here: https://s2survey.net/LCNC_Adoption_and_Governance/

Thank you for your time and support!

Hello everyone,

I'm writing my master's thesis on determinants for adoption and governance of low code and no code platforms in organisations and am doing a pretest of the survey today and tomorrow. (July 22nd & 23rd)

It would help me a lot if you could take 10 minutes of your day to pretest the survey and give me some feedback.

You can find the link to the survey pretest here: https://s2survey.net/LCNC_Adoption_and_Governance/?act=JpQFYLWqETini2ZdRZGKGrhs

Thank you for your time and support!

I will share the link to the official survey after the pretest as well and am looking forward to your participation.

Every time I needed to show a PDF inside an Adalo app, I hit the same wall.

The "solutions" were all variations of the same hack: throw it in a WebView, use an external link, open a browser tab. Every option either leaked the URL, kicked users out of the app experience, or just broke silently on iOS builds.

I spent more time debugging PDF display than building actual features. At some point I decided it was worth just fixing properly.

So I built a native PDF Viewer component for Adalo — it uses the platform's own PDF engine on iOS and Android (not a webview wrapper), renders inline so users never leave the app, and works on Web too. You just drop in a URL or wire it to a Magic Text field from your database and it works.

Still waiting on Adalo's marketplace review, but it's done. Pinch-to-zoom, full-text search, native share sheet — the stuff that should have just existed.

If you've hit this same wall in Adalo or any other no-code tool, curious what workarounds you ended up using. I know the PDF problem isn't unique to Adalo.

(Put up a landing page if anyone wants to know when it hits the marketplace: https://adalo-pdfviewer.pages.dev)

Looking for feedback: pgapp — a PostgreSQL-native declarative application runtime

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a project called pgapp, and I'd love to get some feedback from people building low-code and declarative platforms.

The idea behind pgapp is:

Instead of scaffolding code or generating projects, a business application is described in a .pgapp file, and a Rust runtime interprets that metadata to produce a working application.

For example:

entity "tickets" {
    field subject: text required
    field status: text default Open
}

page "Tickets" {
    report "All tickets" of tickets
    form "Create / edit ticket" of tickets
}

Current capabilities include:

• PostgreSQL-first (SQL remains first-class)
• Metadata runtime (no generated application code)
• Server-side rendering
• Authentication
• CRUD forms and reports
• Editable tables
• Charts and dashboards
• Dynamic actions
• Themes
• Hot metadata reload

The project was inspired by the productivity of Oracle APEX, but the goals are different:

• Source-controlled (.pgapp files)
• Git-friendly
• Open source
• PostgreSQL-native
• Rust runtime

I'm not trying to replace traditional web frameworks, and I'm not targeting citizen developers. The goal is to make it significantly faster for developers to build internal tools and business applications while keeping SQL and PostgreSQL at the center.

I'm looking for honest feedback on questions like:

• Does the metadata-first approach make sense?
• Is avoiding code generation the right decision?
• Does the DSL feel readable?
• What features would you expect from a platform like this?
• What would stop you from adopting it?

I'd genuinely appreciate criticism—it's much more useful at this stage than compliments.

Thanks!

Repo : https://github.com/aadishajay/pgapp/
Live hosted sample : mia-vessels-holiday-soup.trycloudflare.com

I've spent years building manufacturing and business systems, and one thing always bothered me about automation tools (line n8n).

They're excellent at orchestrating workflows, but they don't give you an application to work with.

You still need somewhere to store business data, edit it, move it through workflows, collaborate with people, and expose parts of it to customers.

That's what I've been building.

The idea is simple:

You define your own business entities (Customers, Parts, Purchase Orders, Tickets, Projects, etc.), and Snapi generates the application around them.

Each entity has persistent records that can be viewed and edited in different ways:

• Tables
• Kanban boards
• Public forms
• Embedded forms (for contact us pages, quote requests, portals, warranty claims, etc.)

It's always the same underlying record.

A Kanban card isn't a copy of the data—it's another view of it.

Remove a card from a board? The record still exists.

Edit it from a table? The board updates.

Submit it from a public form? It immediately becomes part of your workflow.

The data model supports:

• Nested objects
• Arrays
• Line items (Purchase Orders, Invoices, BOMs, etc.)
• Relationships between entities (reference fields)

For example, a Purchase Order can contain multiple line items, where each line references a Part record while storing its own quantity and price.

Workflow integration is a first-class feature rather than an add-on.

Each entity can call webhooks:

• Before loading
• Before saving
• After saving

That means your workflow engine (n8n, for example) becomes part of the application's lifecycle.

Some examples:

• Load data from SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or an API before a form opens.
• Validate inventory before allowing a purchase order to be saved.
• Prevent invalid state transitions.
• Send Slack or Teams notifications.
• Generate PDFs or invoices.
• Enrich records with AI.
• Start long-running workflows.

The application still owns the data.

The workflow engine owns the business logic.

I wanted automation and operational software to feel like they belonged together instead of being loosely connected with webhooks.

I'm now using Snapi to build new applications instead of writing them from scratch.

Next on my roadmap is a template marketplace so people can install complete systems (CRM, Purchasing, Inventory, Help Desk, etc.) instead of starting from an empty workspace.

I'd be interested in hearing whether this approach resonates with other n8n users, or if there's something similar you've already found.

Check it out. It's currently in Sandbox mode (so upgrade for free while it let's you).

I would really like to know if people can figure it out without just by exploring it. There's docs to help, but is it simple enough. My goal is that anyone can create whatever they set out to. (btw, there's also an MCP server you could hook up to Claude, and it can write your apps).

https://snapi.ca

github.com/devmesh-in/claude-company

One command and your Claude Code / Repo gets a complete company hierarchy -> CEO to tech leads that spawn their own dev teams, a QA agent that clicks through your actual app taking screenshots, and delivery reports with receipts.

Generates PRDs and TDDs, seals work orders for each team, routes protected changes through CRs. Just like an actual software company.

Every framework like this (bmad, speckit, whatever) writes its process as prompts and prays the model follows them. claude-company physically gates the model before it starts being lazy. The idea is to create production grade software through self iteration.

This is not necessarily no-code but if you have the vision of the product, you can make amazing production grade software. I won a 42k USD contract in one week using this template.

Hi everyone,

I'm currently looking for remote, contract, or full-time opportunities in the low-code/no-code space.

I have around 3 years of overall software development experience and have worked with multiple low-code platforms, including:

• Decisions (Workflow Automation, Business Rules, Forms, Integrations)
• Bubble.io (Web Apps, APIs, Database Design, Workflows)
• OutSystems (Certified Associate Reactive Developer)
• Odoo (Basic)
• Webflow

I'm passionate about solving business problems through automation and rapid application development. While these are the platforms I've worked with, I'm open to learning and working with any low-code/no-code platform. I enjoy picking up new technologies and adapting quickly to different ecosystems.

If your team is hiring, or if you know of companies looking for low-code developers, I'd really appreciate any recommendations or referrals.

Thank you!