For those out of the loop - At Hyperfiddle we are building a tool for Clojure/Datomic programmers to make back of house dashboards easily. http://www.hyperfiddle.net/ Because Hyperfiddle/Datomic has such a simple information model, we see a path to eventually making this easy enough for code-savvy amateurs. But today you need to know Clojure.
How did you uncover the pain point around making these internal dashboards? What kind of resistance have you encountered from developers who typically enjoy rolling things from scratch?
Mostly the resistance is skepticism that this is even possible, which is totally justified because we weren't even sure ourselves until sometime last year. We ourselves are skeptical of all the Javascript and SQL centric solutions, including GraphQL. We see Clojure/Datomic as an opportunity to pave over all that complicated baggage and re-present programming in an accessible way. For example, a code-savvy product owner or data manager can make their own tools or diagnose problems without going through engineering, because the system is so operationally transparent.
Clojure programmers seem to be excited once they "get it". Hyperfiddle is hyper-extensible and built up in layers, most things can be customized with a Clojure/Script function. For example React.js views and Datomic transactions – in Hyperfiddle these are very simple, very often one-liners.
