Briefer
Data
notebooks
SHOW HN2024
265points
74comments
#274of 3,515 in 2024
Top 8%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
12 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 4 for, 3 againstDesign: 3 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean UX and polished look
From 3 comments
will give this a try for our analytics, looks v smooth
jedgardyson on HNthat's great. enjoying the ux so far.
oknoa on HNLooks amazing - congrats on the launch! Would you consider Briefer to be a competitor to https://count.co/ ? (Certainly, if you do, your pricing is a helluva lot more appealing...)
nlh on HN
Useful for sharing analysis with non-technical users
From 2 comments
Congrats on the launch! This is such an interesting project, as it could bridge the gap between analysis in the business world and engineering. Our organization has been making…
jonjlee on HNDon't undersell yourselves – you might also be able to sell this as an online collaborative "next step" for non-technical orgs who build LOB trackers in Excel! (If I had a penny…
nxobject on HN
Interesting problem well addressed
From 2 comments
Very interesting problem to solve. Congratulations on the launch!
ancras on HNHaving built workflows myself like this, using a patchwork DAG of notebooks and cron jobs and state saving, I’m really glad someone is tackling the problem holistically!
escapecharacter on HN
Objections
Slow performance
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! This is such an interesting project, as it could bridge the gap between analysis in the business world and engineering. Our organization has been making…
jonjlee on HN
No data export or self-hosting
From 2 comments
Congrats on the launch! This is such an interesting project, as it could bridge the gap between analysis in the business world and engineering. Our organization has been making…
jonjlee on HNCongratulations on the launch, the product looks very appealing. Would you consider an option for self-hosting?
pil0u on HN
Pricing page inconsistencies
From 2 comments
On pricing page for annual pricing, there's a dot in the free plan "Free." There's no dot anywhere on the plans including on the monthly "Free" plan. What does the dot give you…
hkdobrev on HNAlso, the "Get started" button on the free plan goes to book a call instead of signing up.
hkdobrev on HN
Unclear value versus existing data tools
From 2 comments
Just my 2 cents. Somehow got a chance to look into the competitive landscape. And found that which ever ICP to start with there's no immediate reason for adoption. But who knows?…
mrbirddev on HNFrom my own startup & corporate experience, 1. product managers will try to make things dead easy, by setting up simple excel formulas & charts. Taking screenshots etc 2. data…
mrbirddev on HN
Requests
Self-hosting option
From 2 comments
Congratulations on the launch, the product looks very appealing. Would you consider an option for self-hosting?
pil0u on HNCongrats on the launch! This is such an interesting project, as it could bridge the gap between analysis in the business world and engineering. Our organization has been making…
jonjlee on HN
Dark mode
From 1 comment
dark mode?
oknoa on HN
Local or offline notebook support
From 2 comments
The Python/code block support looks interesting. But Jupyter notebooks can run anywhere including local. Do you support that (via a local install or by relaying a connection to…
nacs on HNGreat work Lucas; You're going in the right direction! for the near future, I suggest you to add a cli, connectors, simple symbolic calculation on notebooks (take some…
fmeyer on HN
Public dashboard sharing
From 1 comment
enjoying it! but can't figure out how to share dashboards (publicly)?
oknoa on HN
Questions
How it compares to Hex and Deepnote
From 3 comments
This looks very interesting. Congrats on the launch! I’m curious how you see it developing compared to an existing tool like Hex?
trevoragilbert on HNCan you tell me how it compares to Deepnote.com please?
mlajtos on HNWould you say this is an alternative to https://hex.tech/, or does this fill a different niche?
clarkmcc on HN
How database credentials are managed
From 1 comment
Nice explanation and execution. Looks super Pro ! Congrrats ! One question : how do you manage database credentials ? That's a question I've had a lot working on my project so…
pmdfgy on HN
Whether it will be open source
From 1 comment
I've been using briefer for the past few weeks and have a few questions: 1. Do you intend Briefer to be a jupyter replacement or a metabase replacement? 2. Do you have any plans…
suchintan on HN
Alternatives named
Deepnote
From 1 comment
Can you tell me how it compares to Deepnote.com please?
mlajtos on HN
Hex
From 1 comment
This looks very interesting. Congrats on the launch! I’m curious how you see it developing compared to an existing tool like Hex?
trevoragilbert on HN
Count
From 1 comment
Looks amazing - congrats on the launch! Would you consider Briefer to be a competitor to https://count.co/ ? (Certainly, if you do, your pricing is a helluva lot more appealing...)
nlh on HN
Livebook
From 1 comment
Will you be offering a Schrems II compatible alternative? I'll stick to Livebook for the most part but know some companies that might be interested.
cess11 on HN
Streamlit
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! This is such an interesting project, as it could bridge the gap between analysis in the business world and engineering. Our organization has been making…
jonjlee on HN