Hello 👋,
Last month, we hosted Appsmith WORK, showcasing new platform updates and demoing how you can leverage them in your Appsmith apps. In case you didn't get to watch it live, the replay is available here.
We're also excited to announce that Appsmith workflows beta is now live. This developer-first workflow automation solution combines the simplicity of visual node-based tools with the flexibility of custom JavaScript coding for complex logic, including support for Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) processes. Try it out in our cloud sandbox or self-host a free trial. Learn more about the feature here.
Keep building amazing things! Catch you in the next update!
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🚀 Product updates
LLM data sources: bridging the gap between AI and your apps
Appsmith supports both public and custom LLM models, enabling secure self-hosting of AI applications. This allows seamless integration with popular LLMs and self-hosting of open-source LLMs, giving developers flexibility while maintaining data control.
We've simplified AI prototyping by enabling out-of-the-box RAG. You can quickly upload knowledge base articles to the AI data source for immediate contextual responses, reducing implementation time.
Integrated Postgres database
Deploying and managing separate databases for Appsmith instances can be time-consuming and resource-intensive. We want to simplify this process, and that is why we're replacing the default MongoDB requirement with an integrated Postgres database. This also simplifies your managed hosting options for an external database.
→ For more details on these and other updates, check out our blog post
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📚 Blog
Deciding on an application platform isn't just a matter of deciding how much code you're capable of maintaining: the tools you build will be integral to your business, so you need to make sure your time, effort, and money are properly invested and that the platform meets current and future needs.
Nikhil, CPO and co-founder at Appsmith, explains here what you need to know when choosing a low-code platform.
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The Rise of Open-Source Self-Hosted Solutions
Explore our eBook "The Rise of Open-Source Self-Hosted Solutions," which delves into the advantages, challenges, and revolutionary effects of low-code platforms on self-hosting approaches.
Less is More: How Reusability in Appsmith Helps You Build More with Less Code
Introducing the powerful reusability features native to the Appsmith platform, how they help your workflow, and how enterprises can leverage them at scale.
→ Visit the blog to learn more
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✨ Community Spotlight
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🤝 Community Content
4 Easy Steps to Build an Ai-Powered Support Bot That Knows Your Docs
Learn how to build an AI-powered support bot for your application using the Appsmith AI Chat template. You'll use contextual data to enhance the bot's ability to provide helpful, accurate responses for an optimized AI support bot.
Multilingual App with AI Translations
Community template to create a multilingual app using the i18next JS library for internationalization. The template uses AI to dynamically generate translations for different languages based on user selection.
From GraphQL to Gantt Chart: Monday.com Tasks Plotted with MermaidJS
Pull data from Monday.com's GraphQL API and use it to generate a data-driven Gantt Chart. Monday already has a built-in Gantt Chart, but it's not available on the free plan, so I thought the community might enjoy this example.
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📆 Events
Let's Make DevRel Metrics Fun Again! (Or for the first time 😅)
Thursday, November 28th | 16:00 CET | 19:30 IST | 07:00 PT
We've created a comprehensive DevRel dashboard that consolidates data from various platforms, including YouTube, Discord, our community portal, Reddit, and user activation metrics. In this session, we'll demonstrate how to set up a similar dashboard, sharing our methods for tracking community engagement and organizing data effectively.
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Appsmith is an open-source, low-code platform to build internal apps quickly. Talk to us on Discord if you have any questions.
