skellystudios

Huh, never heard of it. Seems like it's been folded into a different product:

> Azuqua is no longer available for purchase. If you are an existing Azuqua customer looking for support, please email azuquasupport@okta.com.

Good point, should have been more specific: all the data functionality still works (e.g. formulas, pivot tables).

Display stuff (charts, conditional formatting) etc. doesn't, although we are working on our equivalents to these.

Thanks, will fix.

Hey –

So the big difference between us and Retool is who the users are and what for.

Retool is primarily bought by dev/product teams for building admin UIs on the side of their production DBs.

Most Stacker users are non-technical people in business roles, building operational tools on their spreadsheets. We've also got a much bigger focus on auth, login and making the experience work for external users.

We've not got much familiarity with using AppSheet, but I know a bunch of our customers moved to us from there. I believe they're pretty much mobile/tablet apps only.

Love the idea of "under-cover development". Sneaking in at night to ship software to make your team more efficient.

All the functionality etc. from your sheet works exactly the same – so for example once a user submits a New Record form in Stacker, we'll show them the record with all the formulas computed directly from GSheets.

Also, if you've got Zapier attached to your Airtable/Sheet, then that'll still work fine too. People have done some pretty amazing things with the Zapier + Stacker + Airtable combo

This is actually part of the problem we're most excited to solve.

Both me and my cofounder come from the Salesforce ecosystem, where they've done some of that really well, and some of that really badly.

I agree, all of these things are a prerequisite to be able to truly scale across an org, and we're definitely not there yet, but it's firmly in our sights.

We've spent a lot of time building systems to keep Stacker responsive even if the underlying data source isn't.

And both of these fit that bill: the Gsheets API is generally quite sluggish, especially for large sheets, and the Airtable API only lets you fetch 100 records at a time, with no skipping pages!

We cache the responses from each API to keep reads as quick as they can be, and try our best to be smart for writes too.

Yeah, great question. Right now we support either username + password, or magic login links via email.

We've got login via SSO on the roadmap, both for social signon like Google Auth, and some of the more "enterprisey" options too!

Ah, the joys of competing with Microsoft ;) This is partly why right now we're focusing on Airtable and Google Sheets

Overall, though, we're pretty happy for the ecosystem of people creating their own apps is growing, and we're pretty sure we'll be able to offer some compelling benefits that PowerApps doesn't – and still stay on the right side of your security policies!

So we really love what the folks over at Glide have built, and we're not looking for a fight on "coolness" ;)

Overall, we're used in a different way: Stacker let you make systems for your team to work from, or portals for your customers to self serve. We can be backed by either Google Sheets or Airtable, and we work on desktop and mobile.

We've got a real focus on creating something for daily use, and that gives you really fine-grained control of your business rules and data security.

Glide is, as you say, just GSheets, and just mobile. If you check out their examples, you'll see they're more focussed on small utility apps (e.g. Attendance Tracker) than larger systems.

Where we try to differentiate ourselves is that while Bubble etc. can theoretically let you create any app/product, in reality that means you're building all the small parts from scratch, and you end up having to basically think like a programmer.

We want to solve a much smaller set of problems really well – turning spreadsheets into Internal Apps and Customer Portals.

That means we've spent a bunch of time focussing on getting the things that everyone needs (User login, data security, lists, forms) really excellent so that you can build something really easily.

In fact, there's not really any "building", just "configuring" – you start with a working app as soon as you connect your data, and then customize it to look how you want.

Contrast that with tools like Bubble where you have to build out each screen, each form, the login page etc. manually.

So #1 is exactly the reason we're letting you build on top of your spreadsheet.

People seem to be able to design systems pretty well using just Airtable or Google Sheets – they're just lacking some pretty important abilities (UI, logins, security) to make them work the way they want.

Wow, I'd not seen this before. Now I need to find some way to get my hands on a physical copy of that!

Hey, one of the creators here. All the changes you make to your records sync immediately to your sheets, but we store the comments etc. on our side.

You know, this is a great, clear description that they should definitely put on their homepage.

Stacker | Head of Growth | REMOTE (Europe only)

We're a no-code app builder looking for a Head of Growth.

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Ok, I'm going to come clean about this: I don't yet have a job spec, and am posting this heavily in the spirit of "ship things fast".

Here's what I do know:

• We have an incredible product that our users love

• We need more people to hear about the product

• The node-code movement is doing incredible things, and we want to be part of this conversation

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You'll be our first non-product hire, so you've got carte-blanche to define how we do things.

This role probably contains equal parts:

1. hardcore metrics-driven marketing

2. helping us build and position the product for growth

3. building communities and connecting with the people driving the no-code revolution

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If the opportunity excites you, and the hazy description doesn't put you off, then let's talk!

--> www.stacker.app/hiring <--

Stacker | FULL-TIME | REMOTE ONLY (limited to Europe!)

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We're on a mission to let anyone create software, by building a platform to let you build apps without code. We want to change the way software is built. That's a pretty big task, and we've got some exciting problems:

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If you're a PRODUCT-FOCUSED ENGINEER, come and talk to us about how we're building a platform that lets us run rich, flexible apps built without fully code.

You'll be creating a React-based app editor that lets users create software through their browser.

You'll be building a Python-based backend that can connect to any data source, and simulate running complex data processes.

You'll taking ideas from programming language design and turning them into flexible functionality that can be used by non-programmers.

You'll be shipping new modules daily, which are used immediately by our users to make their apps work better and do more.

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If you're a MULTI-SKILLED PRODUCT DESIGNER (UI+UX+Product), come and help us design a modular product that empowers non-developers to build the software they need.

You'll be creating a flexible design system that we can be customized by the user and still look great.

You'll be taking common web features like news feed and messaging, and stripping them down to their most pure form so they work in any app.

You'll be designing a set of modules that let non-technical users feel empowered and able to create amazing, innovative apps.

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We're recently funded, and are a fully remote team, but we get together every few months.

We believe in Radical Transparency, being Empathetic and Kind and Making a Dent in the Universe.

Apply at https://stacker.app/hiring . Again, hiring within Europe, and as always, no recruiters ;)

Stacker | FULL-TIME | REMOTE ONLY (limited to Europe!) . We're on a mission to let anyone create software, by building a platform to let you build apps without code.

We want to change the way software is built. That's a pretty big task, and we've got some exciting problems:

.

If you're a PRODUCT-FOCUSED ENGINEER, come and talk to us about how we're building a platform that lets us run rich, flexible apps built without fully code.

You'll be creating a React-based app editor that lets users create software through their browser.

You'll be building a Python-based backend that can connect to any data source, and simulate running complex data processes.

You'll taking ideas from programming language design and turning them into flexible functionality that can be used by non-programmers.

You'll be shipping new modules daily, which are used immediately by our users to make their apps work better and do more.

.

If you're a MULTI-SKILLED PRODUCT DESIGNER (UI+UX+Product), come and help us design a modular product that empowers non-developers to build the software they need.

You'll be creating a flexible design system that we can be customized by the user and still look great.

You'll be taking common web features like news feed and messaging, and stripping them down to their most pure form so they work in any app.

You'll be designing a set of modules that let non-technical users feel empowered and able to create amazing, innovative apps.

.

We're recently funded, and are a fully remote team, but we get together every few months.

We believe in Radical Transparency, being Empathetic and Kind and Making a Dent in the Universe.

Apply at https://stacker.app/hiring . Again, hiring within Europe, and as always, no recruiters ;)

Stacker | FULL-TIME | REMOTE ONLY (limited to Europe!) .

We're on a mission to let anyone create software, by building a platform to let you build apps without code.

We want to change the way software is built. That's a pretty big task, and we've got some exciting problems:

.

If you're a PRODUCT-FOCUSED ENGINEER, come and talk to us about how we're building a platform that lets us run rich, flexible apps built without fully code.

You'll be creating a React-based app editor that lets users create software through their browser.

You'll be building a Python-based backend that can connect to any data source, and simulate running complex data processes.

You'll taking ideas from programming language design and turning them into flexible functionality that can be used by non-programmers.

You'll be shipping new modules daily, which are used immediately by our users to make their apps work better and do more.

.

If you're a MULTI-SKILLED PRODUCT DESIGNER (UI+UX+Product), come and help us design a modular product that empowers non-developers to build the software they need.

You'll be creating a flexible design system that we can be customized by the user and still look great.

You'll be taking common web features like news feed and messaging, and stripping them down to their most pure form so they work in any app.

You'll be designing a set of modules that let non-technical users feel empowered and able to create amazing, innovative apps.

.

We're recently funded, and are a fully remote team, but we get together every few months.

We believe in Radical Transparency, being Empathetic and Kind and Making a Dent in the Universe.

Apply at https://stacker.app/hiring . Again, hiring within Europe, and as always, no recruiters ;)

Ah, great point.

I think the thing we make really easy is that we do all the auth and permissions upfront for you.

And, no code needed!

Stacker | Europe + Africa Timezones | REMOTE ONLY

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Stacker lets people build apps without code.

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We want to change the way software is built and make it available to everyone. That's a pretty big task, and we've got some pretty exciting problems:

If you're a FRONTEND ENGINEER, come and talk to us about how we're building an app runtime that lets you specify an entire app in a bunch of JSON config and have it run as a real-time single page app.

If you're a PRODUCT MANAGER, get in touch and we can chat about how we're taking the features common across all web apps and turning them into installable modules that work seamlessly together.

If you're a PRODUCT DESIGNER, tell us how you'd go about creating not just one design system, but a design-system system to allow our users to build apps that are beautiful by default, but be customisable to the finest level.

If you like PINA COLADA and getting CAUGHT IN THE RAIN, then get in touch anyway.

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We're a fully remote team, Europe+Africa timezones only please. We believe in radical transparency, being good people and making a dent in the universe.

Apply by emailing jobs@stacker.app. Again, Europe+Africa timezones only PLEASE. :)

Stacker | Europe + Africa Timezones | REMOTE ONLY

Stacker lets people build apps without code on a modular app platform. We want to change the way software is built and make it available to everyone.

That's a pretty big task, and we've got some pretty exciting problems:

If you're a FRONTEND ENGINEER, come and talk to us about how we're building an app runtime that lets you specify an entire app in a bunch of JSON config and have it run as a real-time single page app.

If you're a PRODUCT MANAGER, get in touch and we can chat about how we're taking the features common across all web apps and turning them into installable modules that work seamlessly together.

If you're a PRODUCT DESIGNER, tell us how you'd go about creating not just one design system, but a design-system system to allow our users to build apps that are beautiful by default, but be customisable to the finest level.

If you like PINA COLADA and getting CAUGHT IN THE RAIN, then get in touch anyway.

* * *

We're a fully remote team, Europe+Africa timezones only please. We believe in radical transparency, being good people and making a dent in the universe.

Apply at https://stacker.app/jobs or email jobs@stacker.app. Again, Europe+Africa timezones only PLEASE. :)

Stacker: https://www.stacker.app

For full disclosure, I'm part of of the team building Stacker. Right now we're working on making our app platform good enough for anyone to build SaaS apps without code, so this was partly a way of testing how close we are.

Ok, I'll subscribe now to get my foot on the top of the ladder, but eventually I hope to work my way down to Org Chart Designer.

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Stacker | https://stacker.app | REMOTE | INTERNS welcome | FULL-TIME + PART-TIME

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Stacker lets you build web apps without code, in your browser.

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We're on a mission to make it as quick and easy as possible to build useful and beautiful web apps. And we're not talking landing-pages and portfolio sites either: we're working to make building a marketplace like Etsy or a community like Product hunt possible without a line of code.

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We let people build apps without code. Unsurprisingly, we need a lot of code to do that. Come and help us build it! We're looking for:

  * REACT ENGINEER – help us push React to its limits as we build a frontend builder in a frontend builder

  * PYTHON ENGINEER – we're building a backend that flexibly connects to any data-source (DB or API) and serves 
    it up as if it were our own

  * NOT ACTUALLY AN ENGINEER – loads of our functionality is build using the Stacker platform, 
    so if you love products but can't write code, do we have the job for you!

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We're fully remote (founders in London, Geneva and Johannesburg), and flexible about working arrangements.

If this sounds like the sort of problem you'd like to work on, drop us a line at hello@stacker.app

Don't forget https://stacker.app

[Disclaimer: I built it!]

Yes! As well as being able to build in the visual web builder, Stacker generates and hosts a flexible backend for you, so you can hook up, say, a native mobile app via REST.

Making the apps you build work really well on mobile was one of our main aims. We allow mobile overrides for everything, and by using flexbox for layout, which means that 90% of the time it looks pretty great by default.

Re: Open roadmap – no, but I'd really like to add that.