Posted by sqliteonline 1 day ago
Having a quick online link to get students started is really useful from a student motivation standpoint. This allows them to get a sense of the query flow before having to set up their own database or moving on to other DBMSes.
Congratulations on 11 years!
Maybe buy a new domain name like below (and direct to your existing from this new url).
EasyLearnSQL.com
TrySQLonline.com
LearnOnlineSQL.com
And the more descriptive name might allow you to not have to change the UI.
(Very cool project by the way and congrats on 11 years)
The domain doesn't really matter so much as you can see with "replit.com", "chatgpt.com" or "stripe.com" which don't explain anything either.
If you want to invest time I'd suggest:
- Clean up design (Remove multiple disclaimers, side bar etc.)
- Add h1/h2 that instantly explains what this is about
- Have a list of simple examples that can be executed, not just "select * from demo"
- If you want to increase traffic, take a look at "site:sqliteonline.com" on Google. There's currently only 14 pages indexed, so lots of low hanging fruits to optimize. Could also be extended by having pages dedicated to examples or a topic that people can land on if they search for things like "left join sqlite" etc.
- Change site title from "SQL Online AiDE - Next gen SQL Editor | SQL Compiler" to something explaining what this is about.
But you're not wrong - i dont think the domain has a big effect, and personally i'd rather save $10.
You can also use secondary domains for landing pages. But that's probably out of pet projects' scope.
It would be apropos to at least have an "about" dialog somewhere, or maybe one of those "quick tour" popups.
Privacy minded users might have it disabled by default since it's a good fingerprinting source.
Currently the website doesn't load if WebRTC is disabled.
Could you share some numbers like a ballpark of subscribers?
I'd vicariously love for you to be able to make some/more revenue with this!
+1 on @redox99's comment that charging in rubles is most probably confusing, and that a flat $10 usd/month would be easier. I also would think that renewal should actually be on by default, not off - if people want the service and/or to support you, having auto renewal off is more of a hassle for them (the customers who want to pay you!) as they'd have to have to... re-enable their service? every 30-90 days?
and another point I wanted to bring up is that it feels to me like a small text-based advertisement from ethicalads.io (the folks behind the ads on Read the Docs sites) or carbonads.net (btw I have no affiliation to either) could definitely... bring in some not-bad revenue pretty much immediately?
again, huge congrats on your project and I truly wish you'll be able to find some path to monetization. cheers!
As a Brit, I'd rather GBP...
Isn't this comment a form of US defaultism?
Isn't this comment a form of Brit defaultism?
Even if you don't know the conversion, something in the range of 50-200% is a lot easier to adjust to, whereas Rubles are on a very different scale (1 GBP = 108 Rubles)
Obviously the ideal would be local listings, but USD is probably the most-familiar reference point if you have to choose exactly one
Just show and charge 10 USD. You can localize that other currency (Rubles?) if GeoIP matches.
The point is that you need a bank to accept a payment in foreign currency and debit it into your account.
The site takes a long time to load: is your internet slow?
If you have an old version of the browser update to the latest or use the latest version of chrome.
Close all tabs with the site and reload the last one.
support: z@sqliteonline.com
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RTCPeerConnection is available in Firefox and Chrome since 2017... son unless the browser is veeery old... Maybe something blocking RTC?
Edit:
This discussion isn't exactly what I was hoping for. I was looking for ways to better highlight the features or value proposition of this site. Not defenestrate it altogether.
E.g.: A simple modal that says "Welcome to SQLite Online! You can <core value proposition> with this tool." would have radically altered my initial perception.
Be kind and sensible.
sqlite3 some-file.db
The website, however, works on any platform and allows working together in a single shared database.
You can share a link to grant access to your database, with the connection handled via P2P through WebRTC.
collaboration sounds nice though, it definitely has a market considering 11k daily users.
The parent cites "hassle of creating the database" and does not mention sharing or collaborating. I showed that it doesn't get more hassle-free than this and doesn't even require connectivity (which might be a problem "on some devices" or "in some locations").
You are just trying to prove a point instead of understanding it.
> "hassle of creating the database" and does not mention sharing or collaborating.
He might just have summarized everything as "hassle of creating the database".
Not everything on internet is supposed to be a debate with highly and carefully developped wording.
> He might just have summarized everything as "hassle of creating the database".
You are also making an assumption, though. That person might not have known "sqlite3 mydb.db" is all you need to create a sqlite database.
So to double down on that one detail as if it were a load bearing remark comes off as trying to win a point.
If `sqlite3 test.db` launched a rich UI with tabs and such, then maybe they'd be onto something, but it does not.
When I just started out with linux I was so frustrated with people just listing reams of commands, or files I needed to edit without stating I needed to look in /etc
It will give you a shell that will have SQLite.
For Windows, download the interactive command line tool from sqlite.org.
My point was that the parent's comment did not tell the full story. A student just trying to do the first baby steps with SQL won't know any of this. Yet with the website shown here, they can immediately focus on the actual SQL, no matter what devise they are on, as long as it has a functioning browser.
Anyone else, probably, but then why would you use this tool if you have no need for sqlite?
LOL
>my Windows
If you're the kind of person who even knows what SQL, SQLite or hell even a database is, you already know SQLite runs on pretty much anything.
sqlite3 :memory:
From there, I guess the value this adds is:
1. There is a UI, i.e. it has some autocomplete of sql syntax and it shows tables in a ... tabular format.
2. As others have mentioned, there are sharing features. Yes you could share a .db file, but with this you can also send a link viewable in a browser, with specific queries, etc.
#1 reminds me of MS Access from back in the day. Those were sql dbs underneath, but they had some interfaces to show you how to build queries. It wasn't a bad way to dip your toes into the basics of sql.
Some people might not have computers but still want to learn?
That being said, I feel like I'm dumped into the playground without understanding what I am playing with. A few short paragraphs, examples, screenshots, explanations, ect, would go very far.
I think an “About” page or docs would greatly help people that want to know all of the features offered by the site, but I think the default of dropping you into the tool is ideal.
It may be difficult to briefly describe all the website’s capabilities right now, but the key features include:
* Federated queries across external and internal data sources.
* Using query history as a source for new requests.
* Collaborative access to databases — both server and local, with structure synchronization.
* Automatic chart generation based on queries.
* And much more, including hidden features that are not yet easy to summarize.1: No install
2: Ephermal (just reload if you've messed up?)
3: Good syntax highlighting
4: Visual UI to navigate the model
Why to pay for it though? That's a harder nut to crack, the UI is quite nice compared to many I've seen so maybe sell as an addon for those that provider hosted databases, collaborative spaces or as a desktop app. No obvious slam dunks though.
Would have made homework (and just learning) significantly easier.
And then have a big hero button leading to the the actual tool ('/app' or '/playground' or whatever). Maybe preloaded with different sample data depending on the use case.
Right now, being dumped into a complicated interface with zero explanation is very confusing. (None of this is to criticize the project itself, just to help identify it to the people who might find the most value in it!)
I don't have the time to spend 10 minutes getting to know a product's features to try to figure out what it might be for.
Just tell me what it's for.
I mean, it's great if people can figure out other uses for it too. If they want to use it in a new way, awesome -- don't get me wrong. But products are generally built with specific purposes in mind. So don't hide those.
Also where is it based ? And your payment processor ?
I like to support learning platforms like this financially, when they work of course, but that's going to be a problem if you're based in Russia.