Dataherald
Data
text-to-sql engine
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How HN took it
15 positive, 52 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 9 for, 7 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful for non-technical users and analysts who want first-draft SQL
From 2 comments
I think a lot of people want something like this. Especially as more non technical people are adding business analysts to their jd. I’ve tried to teach SQL to PMs, bug triage…
edmundsauto on HNwe've encountered a lot of instances when people know SQL but just want a first draft of SQL to expedite the process. we see this a lot from data analysts too.
saigal on HN
Open sourcing is a valuable contribution
From 2 comments
This is a historical contribution. Thank you for doing it! Basically all the enterprises with a lot of data need to "chat with their data" right now. I can't imagine how many…
evan_ry on HNThat's one of the more feature rich AI analytics assistants. (1) Kudos for open sourcing. I think it's really difficult to build a business around that, but there are some…
zurfer on HN
Objections
Accuracy and correctness are not guaranteed, risking wrong business numbers
From 2 comments
With what level of accuracy? And what guarantee of correctness? Because a report that happens to get the joins wrong once every 1000 reports is going to lead to fun legal…
TheRealPomax on HNBut who wants text-to-sql in products that they use? You wouldn't be able to trust the results. So what is it useful for? Of course you could learn to check the output. But then…
nicoburns on HN
Latency of about 20-30 seconds
From 1 comment
There are organizations using Dataherald in production right now. The latency is ~20-30s and it takes some set up, so as long as those are not blockers it can be used in prod.
aazo11 on HN
Security risk when end users run generated queries
From 2 comments
What guarantees do you offer with query security if I turn this over to an end user? How do I keep them only accessing their own data?
throwaway115 on HNWhy do you think that's more reasonable :) To me it seems a more risky use-case since you don't have control/observability over what an untrusted user is asking for?
tirumaraiselvan on HN
Requests
Support for GraphQL
From 1 comment
Will it work with GraphQL?
kwerk on HN
Better handling of complex joins and outer joins
From 1 comment
This looks really cool, can't wait to check it out. The problem I've seen with other tools I've tinkered with is that they do well with simple stuff like: "what are my latest…
thedynamicduo on HN
Questions
How does it guarantee query security for end users
From 1 comment
What guarantees do you offer with query security if I turn this over to an end user? How do I keep them only accessing their own data?
throwaway115 on HN
Whether it can handle complex joins
From 1 comment
Interesting! I am assuming it can do complex joins. Are there any examples of text -> sql it produces? I looked on the website but only saw "coming soon"
instabart on HN
Why it was open sourced
From 2 comments
Hey! Why did you open source it? Genuinely curious.
mholubowski on HNAre there strategic parts of the stack you haven’t open-sourced?
vlovich123 on HN
Alternatives named
Vanna
From 1 comment
Would you be interested in merging with Vanna in some way? You’re ahead of us in terms of interface but we’re ahead of you in terms of adoption (because of specific choices we’ve…
zainhoda on HN
SQLAI
From 1 comment
The demand is huge. Accuracy is less important because the alternative is being completely in the dark or wait for a developer to get the data for you. In my experience people…
Kiro on HN
Defog sql-eval based tools
From 1 comment
/? awesome "sql" llm site:github.com https://www.google.com/search?q=awesome+%22sql%22+llm+site%3Agithub.com : - awesome-Text2SQL:…
westurner on HN