VQL – Data Analysis for Non-Programmers

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22 points·jastr··4 comments

VQL is a UI to explore data without writing code

Hi HN! I spent a few years working on enterprise software and noticed that a lot of tools could be replaced by SQL queries! So I prototyped a few UI’s to enable anyone to use SQL (a venn diagram UI where you could drag and drop circles for joins, Mad Libs: select __(column name)__ from __(table name)__ where __(column name)__ __(>,<,=)__ __(a value)__; ).

I settled on VQL which is somewhere between IPython Notebook, Excel, and D3.

I’d love any feedback on UI/X, tech, design, anything. We’re actively developing the product and adding features. I’d be interested in hearing your problems and how VQL could solve them. If you’d like to try VQL, I’m happy to set up a trial instance and get VQL to work on your problems! Email me at jason@getvql.com.

Yet another ad for software that is not available. The website is just collecting email addresses. After giving my address, I got an email to confirm my subscription to a mailing list about VQL. Chose not to join.

They usually contact people who they think have money first. An average SaaS getting 10,000 emails per month is not going to hand hold everyone. It's also a good model because it filters out people who aren't even willing to provide a valid email (had a guy sign up with geurilla mail and complained why he couldn't get a trial). Better filter is to not accept free email hosts like gmail but only accept TLD domains.

I would've liked to set up an instance for a Show HN, but my demo stack likely couldn't handle it! Send me an email at jason@getvql.com and I'll send you credentials for the demo stack.

Even better, I'll set you up with your own instance to import your own data!

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