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Holy cow, I really like this. Super simple.

I think you need to adjust pricing to differentiate between big corporate users and small developers. I'd pay $199 once (not per year) for my own use. But if I were running an IT shop at a larger corp, I'd pay a lot more. See if there is a way to expand your pricing both at the high and the low end.

Like all simple apps, I expect I'd run into roadblocks quickly without some customizability. The trick for you is to figure out how to add some of that without losing your main value prop, which is simplicity.

In particular, I'm sure I would want to customize screens. I didn't download the app and try it so I don't know if that's there, but I didn't see it in the video.

Also, consider supporting Postgres. MySQL and SQL Server usage are trending down, and Postgres is trending up.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...

> Holy cow, I really like this. Super simple.

Thanks! You have no idea how nice that is to hear. Making something work is one thing, making it simple is another. A lot of effort went into designing it to be simple, so reading that, you've given me a lift. :)

> I think you need to adjust pricing to differentiate between big corporate users and small developers

Thanks for the pricing feedback, that's incredibly useful as well.

> I expect I'd run into roadblocks quickly without some customizability. The trick for you is to figure out how to add some of that without losing your main value prop, which is simplicity.

> In particular, I'm sure I would want to customize screens ... Also, consider supporting Postgres.

Great feedback. Moving forward anything is possible, but a lot is going to depend on this kind of great feedback. I need to focus on the new features that users need for their deployments. I'm hoping to learn what these valuable required enhancements are by engaging with the users who try out the tool.

"Screen customizing" would currently include being able to reorder fields, whether individual fields are visible or invisible and editable or read-only on the view/edit/create pages. Also whether the fields are visible as columns in the main display table, and whether those columns are sortable. And there's also the ability to choose appropriate editor widgets based on data type when appropriate (date-pickers, drop-down lists, and so on).

The "Create an Application" video tutorials on www.dataspeeder.com/support show a lot of these features.

Thanks again for taking the time to write!

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