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Build any business software, remarkably fast. 🛠️ 👾 🙋‍♀️

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@retool
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What are the most popular AI use cases in production? What’s the AI stack that powers them? Our newest State of AI report has data and insights from over 700+ devs and tech leaders on AI use cases, ROI, and more:
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@retool
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Introducing Retool Mobile—now available in private beta. Build and deploy mobile apps to the iOS/Android stores, with no mobile expertise required.
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Introducing Retool Workflows: automate cron jobs, custom alerts, or ETL tasks without provisioning infra, authenticating resources, or combing through API docs. Now in beta! 🧵
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@retool
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Introducing Retool Database—now in private beta. We’re giving you the power of a SQL database and the speed of a spreadsheet right inside Retool: 📥 Import CSVs or start fresh 🏗️ Build apps and manage your data together 🚢 Ship changes safely across environments
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@retool
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How are companies *𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲* using AI? We surveyed 1500+ devs, builders, and business leaders to explore production use cases, the models, infrastructure, and tools people are using, and much more. Dig into the new report:
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@retool
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Last year, we raised an unconventional Series C to maximize employee outcomes (over valuation). Today, we’re continuing the approach: we raised $45M for our Series C2 at a $3.2B valuation.
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@retool
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We just raised our Series C! Retool is now valued at $1.85B and has partnered closely with software luminaries like @collision @patrickc @natfriedman and @jaysimons . Learn more here:
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@retool
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We've revamped our component library into the most comprehensive set of UI building blocks for internal tools. 🥇 90+ React components ✏️ 40+ data input components ⌨️ Built-in validation, keyboard accessibility, time zone handling, + more Learn more:
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@retool
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Write SQL queries at the speed of thought with Retool’s new AI-powered code generator (beta).
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@retool
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1 year
Introducing ✨Retool AI✨— features that pull the starting line forward for building custom AI apps, workflows, and chatbots. Assemble AI apps, securely connect any LLM to internal data, and spin up a managed vector db in minutes. Get started for free:
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@retool
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Retool supports native integrations with @OpenAI 's latest launches—GPT-4 Turbo (with vision) and DALL·E 3. Ship any vision app in minutes today: 1/ Build document parsing apps on top of any data source
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@retool
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2 years
Today, we’re launching a big upgrade to our startup program—now, early-stage teams get $25K in credits in their first year! Build unlimited web apps, mobile apps, and automations to help extend runway and find product-market fit faster! Get your credits:
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@retool
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In case you missed it yesterday, we have a brand new free plan. Developers and small teams can build unlimited Retool apps—all without paying a single dollar. More: ⬇️
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@retool
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Retool Mobile is now in public beta, and free for teams up to 5: 🚜 Build mobile apps for teams that don’t work at desks 📱 Use 20+ mobile-optimized UI components like barcode scanning, signature pad, and geolocation 🚀 Deploy directly to the app stores
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@retool
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Introducing Retool Database—now available for all! We’re giving you the power of a PostgreSQL database + the speed of a spreadsheet right inside Retool: 📥Import CSVs + ingest data from APIs 🛠️Edit with the ease of a spreadsheet ⚡Get connection strings + 5GB of storage for free
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@retool
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Now you can build any software with Retool, including portals for customers, partners, and vendors.
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@retool
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3 years
Introducing Retool for Startups 🎉 Focus on building your core product, not custom internal tools. Early-stage startups are eligible for 12 months of free Retool credits and $160K in partner deals from AWS, MongoDB and more. Get your credits now:
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@retool
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Say hello to the fusion of visual programming, code, and AI. Retool Workflows is the fastest way to automate critical business processes. Explore, join, and transform your data with real-time feedback and AI-powered actions. Deploy and manage automations with developer-first
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@retool
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How Visual Basic became the world's most dominant programming environment, its sudden fall from grace, and why its influence is still shaping the future of software development. Read our deepdive 👉
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@retool
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Retool’s team in San Francisco has a new home—1550 Bryant St, also known as The Hamm’s Building. A 🧵 on its unique history and why we chose it for our next stage of scaling our company...
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@retool
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At Retool, we’re building a new way to create software—the only way to experience it is by trying it out! So, we’re launching a new free plan. Developers and small teams of up to 5 can now build unlimited apps for free. Learn more and sign up:
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@retool
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Meet Smart Block—a free and easy way for developers to use the GPT-4 API today alongside the databases and APIs connected to @retool ⚡Build visual workflows to automate business tasks and notifications 🤖Write instructions for GPT in natural language 🚀Free during beta
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@retool
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1 year
Retool’s new IDE is here. 🤩 Writing code and customizing your workspace has never been easier. Hop into your apps to try the beta today.
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@retool
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1 year
That’s a wrap on Retool’s first Developer Day event! It was a packed hour, so here’s a quick look at everything we covered: 1/ 🎉 Retool Database, now available for all Get a free Postgres DB with the speed + convenience of a spreadsheet. Directly in Retool, no setup required.
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@retool
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✏️Introducing Retool Forms The 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 way to build a form on top of your database. Now available for free—no limits on users, forms, or submissions.
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@retool
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2 years
Introducing Debug Tools, a faster way for developers to investigate and fix errors in their Retool apps. Ship apps more confidently by understanding why queries run, the chain of events, and more—all in Retool.
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@retool
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1 year
Faster, stronger, smarter. ⚡We’ve supercharged our Table.⚡ Try it out today:
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@retool
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3 years
Retool ❤️ feedback. Here are 15 little things you asked for—and we delivered—to make editing and using your apps that much more delightful.
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@retool
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🚀 Announcing: Retool for External Apps It’s now even easier to create white-labeled portals, customize your user onboarding experience, and embed your Retool apps into other software. Everything you need to know to build your first external-facing app:
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@retool
Retool
1 year
We’re lowering pricing to make Retool accessible to more teams! ✨Three major changes✨ - Different rates for standard users and end users (significantly lower!) - An annual billing option (20% off) - And, a new self-hosted Business plan Head to for more
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@retool
Retool
3 years
Lab grown meats - very cool stuff. We interviewed the Head of Engineering at @vowfood about how they build internal tools, from microscopes to lab notebooks and admin panels. Video and transcript here
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@retool
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The Retool Mobile team has been shipping 🛳! Here are 10 things you asked for to make Retool Mobile apps more robust 🧵:
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@retool
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We’re excited to share that we’ve partnered with @stripe to give @atlas founders free Retool credits, as well as $200K+ in discounts and perks from our deal book! Access the discount in your Stripe Dashboard.
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@retool
Retool
1 year
You asked, we listened! Introducing Python support in Retool––starting with automation in Retool Workflows 📣
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@retool
Retool
11 months
We just released Retool Vectors to make working with embeddings and vectors faster and more secure: - Build chatbots trained on internal wikis, docs, Slack channels, and more - Make responses consumable externally as an API - Add permissions, audit logs, SSO, on-prem, and more
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@retool
Retool
3 years
Today we're officially launching our developer community: the best place to get help with your apps, learn what others teams are building, and level up your internal tools skillset. (also the best place to get sweet Retool swag)
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@retool
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It's never been faster to build apps in Retool. Here are 13 of our favorite recent updates: 1. 🕵 Debug Tools Find and fix errors fast—with new logs, event timelines, and dependencies in one place.
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@retool
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3 years
SaaS vendors don’t always offer self-hosted options, but many are tapping into growing demand (including us). Who does it best? What SaaS software do you wish was self-hosted?
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@retool
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@retool
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We're honored to be included on the #EnterpriseTech30 list. Big thanks to @Wing_VC and @Nasdaq for putting it together.
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@retool
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ever written frontend code for web forms? 👇 here's how to do it in Retool:
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@retool
Retool
1 year
“What will we be doing if not understanding how the world works?” In the first episode of the new Operator's Playbook, @patio11 joins Retool's @CuffeJamie to explore software as leverage, the evolving role of ops, and the future of programming. Link below👇
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@retool
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It’s time for the 2023 State of Internal Tools report. 🎉 We surveyed 2200+ people to understand how they build internal tools, how they measure their success, how the tools impact their productivity and output, and much more. Dig into the link in the thread!
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@retool
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3 years
We just launched Modules, an easy way to reuse building blocks—think search bars, user tables, refund checklists, and more—across every app. Check out our launch blog to learn more.
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@retool
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Retool is free for teams of up to 5! Build and use unlimited Retool apps to help your team automate operations, manage users, and much more with the new Retool Free plan.
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@retool
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Now GA: Multiplayer editing 🎮 Speed up app development through real-time collaboration. Grab a teammate and get started for free:
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@retool
Retool
2 years
Introducing the Command Palette: a faster way to search and navigate to everything you need in Retool. Instead of clicking around the screen, you can run commands from your keyboard to build faster than ever before. Get started by hitting ⌘/Ctrl + K ​​⌨️
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@retool
Retool
3 years
Today, we’re excited to share a new public beta for more self-hosted Retool plans. 📢 Now, customers on our Free and Startup plans can host Retool inside their own infrastructure. (1/5)
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@retool
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2 years
We think every developer should be able to build production grade mobile apps quickly, and that custom internal tools can greatly improve how field teams work. Sign up for the Retool Mobile private beta today:
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@retool
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4 years
We love seeing new use cases for Retool. Here's how @SeattleDataGuy built a Customer 360 app with @retool and @RocksetCloud :
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@retool
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Retool offers a suite of developer tools all in one place: a visual canvas for building web and mobile apps, built-in data storage, and backend services. Let's see how it looks when you build a full-stack app.
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@retool
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We shipped our AI-powered code generator 2 weeks ago. Thousands of customers use it to generate queries. Here are 4 popular use cases👇 1. Find datasets: “Get all users that signed up in the last month” 2. Update queries: "Update to get signups in the last three months"
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@retool
Retool
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Something looks different🔍 Introducing the new Retool Inspector: a more intuitive way to find the properties you need while building in Retool.
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@retool
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1 year
📢 Retool v3 is here, bringing developers more delightful ways to build ✨together✨. Join us next week on August 10th for a deep dive into our new IDE, powerful new building blocks, and new ways to collaborate without compromising development at scale. Link below 👇
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@retool
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2 years
Introducing our new drag-and-drop system ✨ A simple hairline preview makes it easy to land components exactly where you need them to go. Now available for all cloud customers, coming to self-hosted in the next few weeks.
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@retool
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We've been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list! 🏆 The #Cloud100 features the world’s top private cloud companies—we’re honored to be included amongst some truly outstanding peers. Huge thanks to @BessemerVP @Forbes @SalesforceVC @cloud100 !
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@retool
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Retool’s new sidebar frame unlocks a vertical navigation and new layouts that can make complex interfaces more intuitive to use. Read more in @mayaqgao 's latest product blog:
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@retool
Retool
1 year
Considering building internal tools with @reactjs , versus in Retool? Maybe you are intrigued by the productivity gains in Retool, but nervous about giving up the power of a fully custom web app? Luckily, you don't have to choose between one or the other - here's why. 🧵
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@retool
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Build embedded, customer-facing apps in hours. Retool Embed is now available in public beta across Business and Enterprise plans. Learn more:
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@retool
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Since 2020, we've surveyed engineers and developers for the State of Internal Tools report. We set out to find how companies: 🛠 build internal tools 🧑‍💻 who uses them (and how) 💸measure the impact of internal tools Here are the highlights from this year's report:
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@retool
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Push notifications are now available on Retool Mobile. Build native mobile apps for your field workforces in minutes—and alert them on their iOS and Android phones. Get started for free today.
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@retool
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Interested in using the new @AnthropicAI Claude 3 models to speed up business processes? You can now build Claude-3-powered apps in Retool. Get started for free:
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@retool
Retool
2 years
That’s a wrap on Grace Hopper Celebration! Thanks to @GHC for such an inspiring event and the hundreds of connections we fostered with the future leaders of tech! #GHC22
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@retool
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Looking to level up your coding skills with payments APIs? 🤖 Our latest tutorial shows you how to create a fully functional ticket-selling dashboard powered by Retool and the @SquareDev Payments API! Look below to see how you can get started with our step-by-step guide 👇
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@retool
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We surveyed 300+ teams that work on internal tools, and 50% of them say their biggest problem is that they don’t have enough time or resources to get the job done. Results thread from our State of Internal Tools survey 👇
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@retool
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Exciting to see Retool in the Enterprise Tech 30 as the second most promising early stage company!
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@retool
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Meet the Retool team at @ghc in Orlando this week! We’re hosting booth 1437 — come say hi 👩‍💻
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@retool
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2 years
Our interview with @tannerlinsley on what’s cooking with React: building great UX, performant visualizations and dashboards, ideal component architecture, and working with large data sets in React apps.
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@retool
Retool
2 years
With Retool Mobile, you can: 🏗️ Assemble mobile apps with pre-built native components 💻 Customize your apps using SQL and JavaScript 🚀 Ship updates in real time for teams in the field, at the warehouse, or on the go
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@retool
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How do you go about actually reaching a North Star goal for your product? - Illuminate a path toward creative solutions - Gain shared perspective on the possible - Pursue meaningful milestones - Make use of constraints - Be methodical - 🌟!
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@retool
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5 years
we wrote a bit about ERP systems: what they are, what they do, where they came from, and what they mean for modern developers. long story short: it’s all about the integration.
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@retool
Retool
1 year
Thank you @Redpoint for recognizing Retool on this year’s #InfraRed100 ! We’re excited to partner with so many of the companies on the list to change how our customers develop business software.
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Redpoint
1 year
Today is a BIG day - we're proud to unveil the InfraRed 100, a comprehensive list of the next 100 most promising private companies in Cloud Infrastructure. The list includes a variety of early, mid, and late-stage companies. See the full list here!
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@retool
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Retool v3 is nearly here, and there's a lot on the way! Join our team August 10th to hear about what's new and what's coming: 🛠 Retool's new IDE 🔒 Source control 🔮 The future of collaboration ⚡️ And much more Save your spot below 👇
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@retool
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10 months
What do you build in Retool? - Admin panels - CRUD apps - Dashboards - Mobile apps - Customer portals - Scheduled jobs - What else?
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Alastair Hendricks
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If I had the time, I’d spend a lot of my day building @retool apps. So many possibilities
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@retool
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Building and maintaining apps just got a whole lot easier - with code search! 😍 Find references across your code in seconds and navigate directly to matching results. Jump into your apps to try out the beta today.
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@retool
Retool
2 years
Glad to help @QuinnyPig and the team @LastWeekInAWS scale their newsletter (and their snark) 🐣
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@retool
Retool
1 year
🧱 Ever wonder how many LEGO sets are produced each year? 🤔 @amit dives into the answer with @Retool Workflows, analyzing and visualizing LEGO data using Python libraries. Read on to find out how the LEGO world has evolved over time! 👇
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@retool
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✨It’s that time again: We want to know how developers are *really* building with AI. Share your insights (and hottest takes) in the newest State of AI survey for a chance to win a $500 Amazon gift card:
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@retool
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3 years
We just launched Retool Utilities — a hub of 20+ tools for developers to help with the little things, like: - Converting CSV to JSON - Generating RegEx - Creating an API with mock data (examples in thread 🧵) See all of them here:
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@retool
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Hear how engineering teams at @Pinterest , @LangChainAI , and @EncampHQ are leveraging AI to power their business. We’ll discuss how to accelerate AI roadmaps, navigate engineering productivity, and plan for the future of AI. Register now 👇
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@retool
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We’ve just added 3️⃣ new UI components to our library: 🔗 Link Lists ➡️ Page Inputs 🖼️ Image Grid
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@retool
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Introducing Retool Source Control 🎉 Develop Retool apps like you develop code with branch-based editing, pull requests, and deployment across multiple environments. Enable your teams to 🚢 new features with a process you trust.
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@retool
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What do engineers want to do less of, or more of? How many hours really get spent writing code? Find out these answers (and more) in our inaugural State of Engineering Time report 👇
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@retool
Retool
2 years
🛠 Write JavaScript to modify your data: you can transform strings, call functions in-line, import libraries, or handle complex conditional logic.
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@retool
Retool
7 months
We’re honored that Retool AI was recognized as a top developer tool of 2023 by @ProductHunt ! Thanks to all the devs building AI apps with Retool AI.
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@retool
Retool
1 year
Tomorrow we’re introducing a new chapter for collaboration in Retool – from scaling complex, multi-branch applications to hundreds of peers to hacking together in real time (👀). Register below to join us live tomorrow!
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@retool
Retool
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Easily scale Retool across hundreds of teams with new platform governance capabilities. ✨ Organize your teams 🔐 Secure your data ✍️ Delegate permissions And more! Read how Retool can be an application layer for your business 👉
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@retool
Retool
3 years
Prototyping an app but don't have time/resources to spin up a backend? A few of our teammates created a mock API generator that creates sample datasets and workable API endpoints in just a few clicks. Check it out on Product Hunt today:
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@retool
Retool
6 months
We want to show you what Retool Workflows + AI can do. Send us a prompt, and we’ll reply with your automation being generated! ✨
@CuffeJamie
Jamie Cuffe
6 months
Never build another business automation yourself. Go from prompt to runnable Workflow in seconds with AI ⚡️
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Build enterprise software faster without sacrificing security, stability, or consistency. Tune in on November 16th to hear what’s new across Retool’s enterprise platform. #RetoolAtScale 🔐Orchestrated governance 🤠 Independent workspaces 🔗 Platform APIs ⚡️And more! Save your
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Retool
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While developing Retool Mobile, our team had to solve several performance challenges with React Native. This led to some unexpected learnings that we shared on our blog: Link in🧵
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@retool
Retool
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ICYMI - our friend Aaron Fritsch from @archilogic dropped in to the Retool blog to show us how to build internal tools that use floor plan data.
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@retool
Retool
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With Retool Database, you can quickly build apps on a Retool-hosted SQL database without the complex setup, store data for free, and edit the data without writing SQL queries. Retool Database is now available in private beta. To get access, sign up today:
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@retool
Retool
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What’s new in Retool this week: 1/3 Performance We’ve improved app performance so queries run faster. Users are seeing up to 10x faster query result speeds for many Retool apps, especially those with significant data fetching and {{ }} usage.
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Retool
4 years
Thanks for the shoutout @QuinnyPig ! We're working on the marketing 😉
@QuinnyPig
Corey Quinn
4 years
So I write a newsletter, . Every Monday it goes to 17K of you, dissecting the interesting news from @awscloud 's ecosystem. Last week I changed my production system. I'd like to show you what I do now.
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