Yobulk

Data

csv importer

SHOW HN2023

233points
109comments
#224of 3,109 in 2023
Top 8%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

8 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.

Idea: 4 for, 7 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good use case and promising concept

    From 2 comments
    • wait… if importing malformed csvs gets automated that’s like half of a data professional’s job gone in a poof of smoke /s. jk -- great use case so often w/ pandas I’d: 1. “yeet”…
      data_ders on HN
    • This looks good and promising! Congrats and best wishes, yosai!!
      yarapavan on HN

Objections

  • Open-source tool depends on closed-source OpenAI API

    From 1 comment
    • "Open source tool powered by closed source API" Is it really open source then?
      dontcontactme on HN
  • GPT output may be wrong and risky for data correctness

    From 2 comments
    • This strikes me as an idea as bad as the Xerox document scanner that implemented a compression algorithm that changed digits. It'll be really fun debugging when something…
      bcrl on HN
    • When I read the headline I thought this would take a few rows of your CSV file and generate the schema from that using AI. Seems like you still need to manually describe the…
      WhiteNoiz3 on HN
  • Privacy concerns about sending customer data to third parties

    From 1 comment
    • Does this send all the data to a third party? What if it contains personal information?
      jimlongton on HN

Requests

  • Better documentation and examples of use versus Flatfile

    From 1 comment
    • I’m looking for a solution to this problem at the moment. Of course I could DIY, but I’m more attracted to a solution like flat file or YoBulk, rather than reinvent the wheel.…
      RileyJames on HN
  • API access to query data

    From 2 comments
    • icelancer,Right now YoBulk is flattening the CSV to JSON with key-value document DB format and storing in MongoDB.You can use GPT3 to create mongo queries to fetch the data.We…
      yosai on HN
    • @anoonmoose we have an internal pipeline which streams the monogoDB data to any CSV or any webhook url path.it's a export pipeline which streams the processed data to CSVs.We…
      yosai on HN

Questions

  • Does it handle large files

    From 1 comment
    • This is what exactly I was looking for. Will it help me to run big files and cleanse?
      cjtechie on HN
  • Does it send data to third parties

    From 1 comment
    • Does this send all the data to a third party? What if it contains personal information?
      jimlongton on HN

Alternatives named

  • Flatfile

    From 2 comments
    • I’m looking for a solution to this problem at the moment. Of course I could DIY, but I’m more attracted to a solution like flat file or YoBulk, rather than reinvent the wheel.…
      RileyJames on HN
    • @data_ders We realized that more than 70% of business data is shared in CSV and Excel formats, and only a small percentage use API integrations for data exchange..So CSV is here…
      yosai on HN
  • OneSchema, Osmos, Dropbase

    From 1 comment
    • some of the companies in this space>> https://flatfile.com/,https://www.oneschema.co/,https://www.osmos.io/,https://www.dropbase.io/
      yosai on HN

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