Show HN: New Version of MyOwnDB https://bit.ly/3G8rYEp

Show HN: New Version of MyOwnDB After nearly 5 years of development, I'm happy but also a bit anxious to Show HN the new version of MyOwnDB [1], a web application for data management at human scale. The app was initially published in 2006 using the then-recent Ruby on Rails, and incorporating fresh Ajax (YUI) and cloud (S3) technologies. Although the app stayed available all these years, it stagnated feature-wise because making changes appeared to become harder and harder due to some technology choices. Learning lessons from that [2], I decided to rewrite it, and chose F#[3] and WebSharper[4]. Those proved to be good choices, but now comes the harder part for me: promoting it and commercialising it. I think the app proposes some interesting features like: - multi-lingual UI - lots of help throughout the app - intuitive data types like file attachments, email address, URL, choice in a list, ... - a form embeddable in a website for data collection These are some points I'm currently working on regarding the commercialisation of the app (suggestions welcome!): - I'm working on proposing paid plans for the hosted app [5] (currently putting everybody on a free plan). - the code is published on Gitlab[6] under the AGPL license. Maybe proposing an additional commercial license would help, but in that case I'll need to use a Contributor License Agreement, which is an additional hurdle for outside contributors. Anyone having experience with that? - I might need to identify and focus on a niche for the app. Any suggestion? - I'm looking at easy migration from the hosted app to a self-hosted instance as I would like to build a business on trust. [1] https://bit.ly/40XP1eI [2] https://bit.ly/3MXMY4y [3] https://bit.ly/3Ga527N [4] https://bit.ly/3Gddcw3 [5] https://bit.ly/3GwgtqB [6] https://bit.ly/3sNBZDL https://bit.ly/40XP1eI November 22, 2023 at 11:10AM