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SheetDB — Turn a Google Spreadsheet into a RESTful API
New version here - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/sheetdb-3-0
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Jarrod Morris
After 6 years of not updating our site, we finally decided to redesign it. We too, were inspired by Stripe's site (it's one of the best on the internet). It seems from your responses above that you may be confused about the difference between being inspired / copying/ stealing. This is what using a site as inspiration looks like: 
No one is going to arrive and say, "WOW, they totally ripped off Stripe's site." See the difference? I share this as a fellow maker with the best of intentions. Trust is one of the most important commodities online, and sometimes you don't get a 2nd chance to regain it once it's lost.
I'd bump up "redesigning the site" to the top of your list before you continue making bad 1st impressions with other prospective users, partners, promoters, etc.
No one is going to arrive and say, "WOW, they totally ripped off Stripe's site." See the difference? I share this as a fellow maker with the best of intentions. Trust is one of the most important commodities online, and sometimes you don't get a 2nd chance to regain it once it's lost.
I'd bump up "redesigning the site" to the top of your list before you continue making bad 1st impressions with other prospective users, partners, promoters, etc.Report
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@jarrod_morris Thank you for your comment and your thoughts, we will do it for sure but it is not 1-day task. We need some time to do this.
Shamelessly ripping off Stripe's website is embarrassing and shameful. Please nobody give money to this guy.
Pros:-n/a
Cons:Please use an original design
Hi Product Hunters, we changed the design and added many more features, check it out here: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
I can not trust a product steal design from another one.
Pros:-n/a
Cons:They copied Stripe.com design.
I kind of have to agree with all the other peeps, from all the gazillion free web templates etc available online today you still chose to copy Stripes CSS code.
Other than that, sure having a normal REST API exposed may save a little bit of dev time where you do not need to interact with the Google Sheet API directly first. Its a small win, but still a win i guess?
Good app.
Pros:Easy to use api for spreadsheets
Cons:Maybe they can use different design but whatever.
Hey, I am Chris, founder of SheetDB. If you have any questions feel free to reach out for me.
@chris_switalski Hey Chris, did you mean to just flat out copy Stripe's site? Was there another intention here?
@wesley_haines I think you can spot some differences ;) Simple and clear design was what we were trying to achieve.
@chris_switalski The CSS is a straight copy... Exactly the same colour values and properties all over the place. It's not being inspired, that's just stealing code.
@kosai106 Values are not the same but I have to admit - it was an inspiration to our designer. Maybe not the best idea - we will work on another one but need some time.