Typography for Developers

You may have read the title for this post and thought, "Why on earth does a developer need to know anything about typography?" I mean, there’s already a lot on your plate and you’re making hundreds of decisions a day. Should you use React or Vue? | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 4 years ago

Building a version-controlled S3 file manager

Contents: Background Live demo Versioning overview Connecting to S3 Reading files from S3 Uploading files to S3 Building our version control system Drilling down into a file Adding finishing touches Adding finishing touches Using the ap … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

Tooling to build custom internal tools

Build custom internal tools in minutes. Build an interface via our drag-and-drop UI, hook it up to your data, and you're done. | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

Retool Integrations: Firebase

Contents: Background Live demo Querying data Displaying data Inputting data Input fields Automagic forms The story of software is a story of abstraction. Programming languages abstracted away the complexities of computer instructions … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

The Technology That Changed Air Travel

A lot has changed about air travel since it went mainstream in the 1930s. On-board smoking, free-flowing booze, and five-star meals have given way to baggage fees, cramped seats, and mystery meat.Through all this change, one thing has stayed the same — the software that manages i … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

The Technology That Changed Air Travel

A lot has changed about air travel since it went mainstream in the 1930s. On-board smoking, free-flowing booze, and five-star meals have given way to baggage fees, cramped seats, and mystery meat.Through all this change, one thing has stayed the same — the software that manages i … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

Admin Panel Roundup

Let’s say you need to moderate content on your platform, delete somebody’s account, or find out which of your users are most active. An admin panel is where you’d do it! They’re good for a few things: Housekeeping — keeping your app running smoothly with tasks involving | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

The Slide Rule

At the turn of the 16th century, Johannes Kepler set out to disprove Copernicus, who believed planets orbited in perfect, concentric circles from the sun. Kepler first formulated his hypothesis: planets had elliptical orbits with two foci, and then set out to prove it mathematica … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

The Slide Rule: The Greatest Mechanical Calculating Device

At the turn of the 16th century, Johannes Kepler set out to disprove Copernicus, who believed planets orbited in perfect, concentric circles from the sun. Kepler first formulated his hypothesis: planets had elliptical orbits with two foci, and then set out to prove it mathematica … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

The Slide Rule

At the turn of the 16th century, Johannes Kepler set out to disprove Copernicus, who believed planets orbited in perfect, concentric circles from the sun. Kepler first formulated his hypothesis: planets had elliptical orbits with two foci, and then set out to prove it mathematica … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

The Slide Rule

At the turn of the 16th century, Johannes Kepler set out to disprove Copernicus, who believed planets orbited in perfect, concentric circles from the sun. Kepler first formulated his hypothesis: planets had elliptical orbits with two foci, and then set out to prove it mathematica … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

Bicycles for the Mind: The Slide Rule

At the turn of the 16th century, Johannes Kepler set out to disprove Copernicus, who believed planets orbited in perfect, concentric circles from the sun. Kepler first formulated his hypothesis: planets had elliptical orbits with two foci, and then set out to prove it mathematica … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

Slide rule

At the turn of the 16th century, Johannes Kepler set out to disprove Copernicus, who believed planets orbited in perfect, concentric circles from the sun. Kepler first formulated his hypothesis: planets had elliptical orbits with two foci, and then set out to prove it mathematica … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

Show HN: Retool – build apps on top of Google Sheets quickly

Before the advent of the spreadsheet back in 1979, people didn't really understand what the personal computer was for. Since then, spreadsheets have come a long way — they've eaten the businesses across the world, and they're the de-facto way for anyone to quickly program a compu … | Continue reading


@tryretool.com | 5 years ago

Show HN: Retool – build internal tools faster

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@tryretool.com | 5 years ago