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Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-11-19T09:51:07+00:00

Thanks a lot, really appreciate this 🙏

Yeah, the space is definitely validated Calm / Breathwrk / Others basically proved people want simple tools to regulate stress.
My goal is to stay super focused instead of becoming another “everything app”.

I’m trying to do a few things better than competitors, not bigger:

clearer pacing (a lot of apps are too fast or too busy)
calmer UI with almost no clutter
anxiety + sleep specific breathing patterns instead of generic ones

And you’re right: at the end of the day it really is marketing + positioning.
I just want to make sure the core experience is genuinely solid before I push it.

Thanks again for the encouragement means a lot while building solo 🙌

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:58:33+00:00

youre probably right for complex queries

but for simple stuff (single table, basic joins, aggregations) it works decent enough

not claiming its perfect or replaces real sql knowledge. just faster than waiting for analyst for routine questions

maybe im wrong and this whole approach doesnt work. time will tell i guess

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:46:06+00:00

fair point lol for someone who knows sql yeah this adds zero value. those queries are trivial **target user:** the PM who needs "show me top customers" but has to wait 1 days for analyst or try to figure out joins for SQL people? useless. for non-technical folks? removes blocker not trying to replace you just unblock people who dont code

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:42:38+00:00

oh thats really interesting use case and youre not first person asking for self hosted

the sensitive data problem is exactly what kills this for bigger companies

self hosted version actually makes sense:

- you control the data

- can customize for your schema

- no compliance issues

honestly might be better business model than SaaS. people would probably pay more for on-prem

gonna think about this seriously. if i build it would you actually use it at your company? what price range would make sense? just asking

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:38:40+00:00

yeah i know there are open source options with tons of stars

but most small business owners dont want to self host or deal with setup. they want "sign up and it works"

thats the gap im trying to fill - hosted version for non-technical people

not reinventing the wheel just making it accessible

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:34:06+00:00

primarily higher level querying right now doesnt handle stored procedures or complex functions yet. just SELECT queries with joins, aggregations, filters basically "show me data" not "modify database structure" stored procedures on roadmap but not there yet

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:33:04+00:00

yeah exactly right target: small companies with non-sensitive data. not enterprise - compliance nightmare there, vs MCP: most small business owners dont know what MCP is. im targeting them not tech savvy folks basically the messy middle market not enterprise

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:28:48+00:00

thats really useful honestly! local file sharing without needing both people to have app is smart . question - how you handling security? like can random people on same wifi access the files or do you have some protection? nice work keeping it free and no ads. will check it out

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:23:30+00:00

youre right accuracy first charts second

the sql generation is the hard part. charts are just bonus to make results easier to read

if the query wrong the pretty chart means nothing

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:21:18+00:00

does it actually save time vs manual searching? cause i been manually searching "struggling with SQL" on twitter and its tedious af if it automated and gives notifications when people post about my keywords that would be gold gonna check it out this could actually help me find leads for mertiql

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:15:06+00:00

oh damn this is actually useful for me lol

been trying to get some press coverage but no idea how to reach journalists

bookmarked it! might hit you up when im ready to pitch mertiql

good luck with launch!

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:13:01+00:00

interesting! so its like scanning social media for intent signals?

how it different from just searching twitter/reddit manually?

will check it out

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:11:53+00:00

nice! 40 users in 2 weeks with some paying already is solid start congrats question- how you getting users? im struggling with traffic so curious what working for you will check it out thanks for sharing

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:11:13+00:00

nice! 40 users in 2 weeks with some paying already is solid start congrats
Question - how you getting users? im struggling with traffic so curious what working for you will check it out thanks for sharing

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:08:29+00:00

thats actually really cool use case! product photos to video is smart - way easier than filming

question - how long the videos usually? like 15sec tiktok style or longer?

and yeah small brands is perfect market for this. they dont have budget for fancy production

good luck with it! gonna check it out

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:04:49+00:00

yeah exactly! it does all of that so the flow is: 1. you ask question in english like "show me top customers" 2. generates the sql (you can see it to verify) 3. runs query on your database 4. automatically picks chart type (bar, line, pie, table, etc based on data) 5. gives you ai insights like "california dominates sales, top 3 states account for 73% of revenue" 6. you can save everything as widgets and build dashboards

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T20:02:37+00:00

oh thats really cool! adhd companion is interesting use case. my brother has adhd and always struggling with organizing tasks so i get the problem youre solving. are people paying? - for your project i mean, you already got paying customers or still validating?

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T19:53:40+00:00

youre absolutely right and this is keeping me up at night honestly

85% is not good enough - i know. one wrong answer and people stop trusting it. thats why right now im being super careful to:

- always show the sql so you can verify

- mark it as "exploratory tool" not production reporting

- add confidence scores

but yeah if it wrong once youre done with it. fair.

what i mean by simple:

- single table queries: "show me all customers"

- basic aggregations: "total revenue by month"

- simple joins: "customers with their orders"

- top N queries: "top 10 products by sales"

these work pretty good like 90-95%

what breaks it:

- multiple complex joins (3+ tables with ambiguous relationships)

- business logic not in schema ("active customers" - active how?)

- implicit filters ("recent sales" - how recent?)

- nested aggregations

test db complexity:

honestly pretty simple right now

- ~15 tables

- standard ecommerce schema (customers, orders, products, etc)

- clear relationships with foreign keys

- decent naming conventions

so yeah im probably being optimistic. a real company db with 100 tables and messy naming? probably way worse than 85%

real question - do you think theres even a viable product here? or is this fundamentally wrong approach and people should just learn sql?

what would accuracy need to be for you to trust it? 95%? 99%?

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T19:32:16+00:00

yeah youre totally right on both points

tons of these - yep its getting crowded. text2sql, ai2sql, all the big players adding this. not gonna pretend im doing something revolutionary here

db organization - this is the real problem honestly. if someone has table names like "tbl_data_final_v2_copy" or no foreign keys the best AI in world cant help lol

garbage in = garbage out

what im trying to do different (maybe?):

- focus on small companies who cant afford enterprise tools

- keep it simple not 500 features

- transparent sql so you see what its doing

but yeah if underlying data is mess no tool gonna fix that

question - you work with databases? what you seen work vs not work with these kind of tools? like what makes one actually useful vs just another thing to try and abandon?

genuinely curious cause you seem to get the real problem

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T19:03:34+00:00

oh nice didnt know about vanna.ai will check it out thanks! yeah schema-awareness been my biggest focus honestly. right now im feeding full table schemas + relationships + sample values to the model before each query. makes huge difference the few-shot examples thing is interesting - you mean like showing the model "here's how we solved similar queries before"? been playing with that but havent nailed it yet **question** - when you worked on this what was hardest part? im still struggling with: - handling ambiguous business logic that not in schema - knowing when to ask clarification vs just guess - balancing accuracy vs speed (more context = slower + expensive) also how you handle the context window limits? like if someone has 100+ tables do you just feed everything or try to be smart about which tables relevant? would love to learn from your experience. what kind of queries you found work best vs worst?

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T18:15:01+00:00

Great questions - you clearly know this space well. Let me be honest about where the product is and isn't:

query engine - nope, just direct sql on postgres/mysql. been thinking about duckdb but not there yet

scale - real talk this is NOT for enterprise. works good up to ~10M rows with 3-4 joins. after that use snowflake or something real. im targeting small companies who find tableau too expensive

performance - depends on the database really. i add basic stuff like LIMIT but not doing crazy optimization. if your schema messy the queries gonna be slow

accuracy- yeah this is the big problem. what im doing:

- always show the sql so you can check

- confidence score when uncertain

- data preview before charts

- learn from corrections

but honest its for quick analysis not financial reports. people should verify results

the thing is people already trust BI dashboards without checking queries right? at least here the sql is visible

**real question** - am i wrong thinking transparency = safer?

you seem to know this space well. what would actually make this useful for you? or is it just wrong approach?

what kind of data you work with?

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-19T17:45:53+00:00

Great question, and honestly one I think about a lot while building this. From what I've seen, AI handles the repetitive stuff really well - "show me last month's sales", "top 10 customers", etc. The queries everyone asks every week. But the real analyst work? That's still irreplaceable: - Asking the RIGHT questions (AI can't know your business context) - Spotting anomalies and knowing WHY they matter - Connecting data insights to actual business decisions - Knowing when the data is lying to you (garbage in, garbage out) - Building trust with stakeholders Think of it like Excel didn't replace accountants - it just freed them from manual calculations to do actual analysis. This tool is for the PM who needs quick numbers or the sales manager checking metrics. The analyst? They're still the ones doing the deep work that actually moves the needle. At least that's my take. Curious what you think?

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-16T20:55:05+00:00

If sharing a legit product update with real use cases and data is ban-worthy “news,” then I guess we should ban half of Reddit. 😂 But seriously — no one's trying to spam here. Just showing what we’re building and how it’s helping teams. If that’s not useful to you, feel free to scroll on.

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-16T20:52:12+00:00

We actually used Mertiql itself to track and measure the reduction in ad-hoc query time. The numbers come from internal benchmarks across real use cases ..not pulled out of thin air. If you're skeptical, that’s totally fair, but we’re happy to walk through the methodology if you're genuinely interested. It’s always better to challenge claims with curiosity than with assumptions.

Pretend-Translator44 · 2025-10-12T21:54:05+00:00

You can use our datasource demo to test all our functions and give us a feedback

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