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AI · November 29, 2024

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Preswald – AI Data Engineer in VSCode for Local Testing, Metrics

Hey HN, We're rolling out Preswald: an AI data engineer that lives inside VSCode. The goal is to make setting up and managing your startup metrics stupid simple—all from your editor, without adding SaaS tools, dashboards, or extra steps. Why? Most early-stage teams cobble together metrics using SQL, Python scripts, manual exports, and spreadsheets. We built Preswald to simplify that whole mess and keep it close to where engineers are comfortable: in their codebase. What Preswald Does: Local Testing: Write your SQL or transformation scripts directly in VSCode and test them locally before…

Preswald – AI Data Engineer in VSCode for Local Testing, Metrics launched on November 29, 2024 with 7 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, We're rolling out Preswald: an AI data engineer that lives inside VSCode. The goal is to make setting up and managing your startup metrics stupid simple—all from your editor, without adding SaaS tools, dashboards, or extra steps. Why? Most early-stage teams cobble together metrics using SQL, Python scripts…

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