Pain point · UI & usability · Blocks work
Building charts requires dragging boxes and writing JavaScript
1 source thread · first seen 2026-07
Summary
A former Retool power user finds chart creation cumbersome compared with describing the desired chart to an AI assistant. They say the editor requires dragging components and entering JavaScript snippets chart by chart.
- Affects
- Retool power users building charts
Evidence
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“It's so much more annoying to go drag boxes around and type out little JS snippits in every chart”