Day Twenty-Four – Not Just Another Builder
A fair question — but the answer is a firm no.
Retool is great for quickly building internal tools. It’s drag-and-drop, comes with connectors, and makes quick wins possible. But it’s not built for teams who want full control. SWAIN was never about front-end GUIs — it’s about creating powerful, flexible APIs, fast, without forcing teams to change their workflow.
It plays nicely with what you already use. It generates clean APIs, auto-builds models, and handles complex queries — using the database as the source of truth. That’s why it’s not a competitor to Retool, it’s a complement for serious backend work.
Later that day, we posted again — this time about legacy systems. The pain is real. SWAIN makes it simple: plug into your old data, build the new logic, and you’ve got a live API in hours.
Key takeaway
Build for what you’re best at. Don’t try to be everything — just solve one thing brilliantly.
