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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is easily my favorite regular post here :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It used to be the Noted.lol posts, then when selfh.st showed up there was drama between the two and then noted kinda disappeared.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

One of the few newsletters I read and actually engage with.
Such a gem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks to your post, I just found lubelog. Has anyone tried it out? I'm really not happy with my current choice for vehicle tracking.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Does this support bicycles? I've got an electric bike which would be cool to keep a record of

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I have not tried it out yet. But my current car tracker works fine with an electric bike.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Just tried it out, I don't see a reason why it would not work. Sure, some things don't apply to bicycles (fuel, taxes), but things like repairs, maintenance and reminders could be nice for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Anyone used NocoDb recently? Last time I tried to get it running, it was too buggy to be useful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've been using it for a while without any noticeable problems. What issues did you run into?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, what do you use it for?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All kinds of stuff. I use it when I need a way to structure my data:

  • I use it to keep track of software / libs that are of interest, what they are an alternative to. See example here: https://ibb.co/ncsdt0W
  • I've also tried to recreate the functionality of a personal relational management (a la MonicaHQ, or per this post: https://medium.com/@rklau/my-homegrown-personal-crm-87dffbcf54d7) but found it to be an overengineered solution.
  • I also used it to interact and store data through my python apps, to avoid dealing with it directly in python.
  • You can also use it as a Kanban board
  • Also, I've been trying to use it as an excel replacement - which is an overengineered solution but you get impeccable dataquality.

Nocodb is a bit wonky, but it is quite easy to work with (front- and backend) and since everything is in the database format you choose - you're in control of how you want your data.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks, this is very helpful.

So, is it kind of a replacement for MS Access, except a non-relation db?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I don't remember exactly, it was around 2 years ago. It was easy to set up, but I found the feature set to be lacking some essentials, and I ran into a couple of big bugs. Couldn't really replace my airtable setup yet. Happy to give it another try though!