I would really like to see a good tool in the "beyond Google Sheets"-space.<p>I tried Ragic just now for 10-15 minutes and it is far from simple, like their landing page claims. It is nothing at all like a database and it also is nothing at all like a spreadsheet (and not in a good way).<p>Edit: Looking at previous discussions about it here on HN, the criticism in this 5 year old comment all still holds true: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3960207" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3960207</a>
> "Over 90% of enterprise IT projects are delivered late."<p>Due to piss poor project managers and lack of business requirements and/or realistic deadlines.
This particular application has name called database application builder (DAB). I think that's probably how DabbleDB got its name. Also checkout out Caspio (<a href="http://caspio.com" rel="nofollow">http://caspio.com</a>) and ZenBase (<a href="http://getzenbase.com" rel="nofollow">http://getzenbase.com</a>). They are similar products in this space.
We have been running Flexlists.com[0] for many years as a 'background sideproject'. Not to make money; it was to scratch an itch and I still use it a lot. We launch somewhere before DabbleDB I think and some others and they all folded so we never took it further. Ours is trivially simple to use which I do not find the case with others. The interface is somewhat dated and the source code has only been updated for security in the recent 5 years. I am going to continue with it soon as I do believe there is something and Flexlists has enough users and fans. Good to see people are still working in this space.<p>[0] <a href="http://flexlists.com" rel="nofollow">http://flexlists.com</a>
A bit off topic: their landing page is really very well done. My only picking is their name: Ragic!.. Simpler software doesn't have to <i>sound</i> unprofessional.
It's always nice to see tools tackling the everyday challenges of allowing the non-programmer to solve his problems instead of hot air duds like LightTable and Eve that try to create some revolutionary paradigm that is unfamiliar to both programmers and non-programmers.