Encore is a Go backend framework for creating APIs and distributed systems. It uses static analysis and code generation to reduce the boilerplate users have to write, to create a more productive developer experience. The key features of Encore are: No boilerplate: Encore reduces the boilerplate needed to set up a production ready backend application. Define backend services, API endpoints, and call APIs with a single line of Go…
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HCL Domino
Score 8.0 out of 10
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HCL Domino (formerly IBM Domino, and before that Lotus Domino) is an enterprise application development platform, boasting mobile-app capabilities to enterprise authentication and a companion low-code app builder called Domino Volt.
Domino has far superior cybersecurity out of the box. We can set the level of security we want for the entire business, and it works in the background, unlike SharePoint and Workspace. Building applications and workflows in Domino is also considerably easier than alternatives, …
We use SharePoint, SQL and Teams but only for the things that they excel in. For example, we use teams for small team interactions (including external participants). We use teams for meetings too. We've discovered that Teams collaboration is not as full-functional as Domino and …
Having administered Domino right out of tech school I have very limited experience with other platforms. Realizing that Exchange is the de facto solution used by the rest of the universe, and now O365\Azure to eliminate on-prem data centers the future of direct platform …
Domino is best in medium-sized businesses of 20-100 employees. It's too complicated to implement in very small companies unless you have good external resources. It scales up very well for larger companies but the pressures of users wanting particular "brand-name" software can become difficult. If you want a restricted "extranet/portal" system for a limited set of members it's a great system, particularly if you add a Domino CRM on top. Unlike Microsoft, you never have to resort to command-line tools, like PowerShell, in Domino to get things done.
The UI is somewhat dated, and the email experience is not at all like Outlook, but we love the versatility and functionality of Domino. I would absolutely hate to give it up for anything else. We've tried to replicate some of Domino's functionality in SharePoint and found that Domino is considerably better.
Domino has far superior cybersecurity out of the box. We can set the level of security we want for the entire business, and it works in the background, unlike SharePoint and Workspace. Building applications and workflows in Domino is also considerably easier than alternatives, often requiring minutes/hours rather than days/weeks.
The immediate impact on my organization as a non-profit is cost. Enterprise pricing for a Domino solution is exponentially more inexpensive than more popular applications.
Of the most obvious impacts is user familiarity. Given a vast majority of the employment pool having familiarity with MS products, orienting new employees to Domino\Notes is burdensome. Adoption is slow and resistance is high.
Hiring Domino administrators and developers is increasingly challenging.
The recent sale of the Domino platform away from IBM is concerning.