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by dsagal 9mo ago
I'd say if you know React or Vue or another framework and it fits your project well, then no. If you are learning though, there is arguably much less to learn (in particular, not having to juggle 3 languages). And if you are building s
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by dsagal 9mo ago
It enables much of what a large framework like React enables, but with a much simpler implementation, less tooling need to use it, and (some may argue) more convenient usage.
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Show HN: GrainJS – a light TypeScript web framework(gristlabs.github.io)
5 points by dsagal 9mo ago|4 comments
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72-line script to share secrets(mill.plainopen.com)
1 points by dsagal 2y ago|0 comments
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Why sorting is harder than it seems(mill.plainopen.com)
3 points by dsagal 2y ago|0 comments
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by dsagal 2y ago
That should make it the format of choice for Chief Security Officers.
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by dsagal 3y ago
It makes sense for a successful product that’s being hurt by competitors packaging it up and selling as a paid service. My advice: for a younger product, keep it actually open-source (FOSS). With either Sentry’s FSL license or FOSS, you as
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by dsagal 3y ago
[Grist founder here] On separating formulas from data, that's always been an important part of Grist. In Grist, check out the "Code View" page in the left-side panel -- it shows all the logic (i.e. formulas) of the document a
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by dsagal 3y ago
Big differentiators in Grist, in terms of features, are layouts, access rules, and formulas.
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by dsagal 3y ago
Incidentally, Grist runs on the desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux), see https://github.com/gristlabs/grist-electron .
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by dsagal 3y ago
Shhh, don't tell them about SQLite! It's the secret sauce behind Grist (I am a founder), and we are sort of competitors. Wouldn't want Monday.com knowing about our competitive advantage!
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by dsagal 3y ago
Founder of Grist here ( https://www.getgrist.com/ ): - focus on small teams and individuals - open source (with community contributing!) - can be run self-managed - portable data (lossless export in SQLite format) - full of g
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by dsagal 3y ago
Grist doesn't have a mobile app, but has pretty decent UI on mobile browsers.
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by dsagal 3y ago
(Grist cofounder here.) "Co-code" first became popular with developers in the form of Github Copilot (and now others), adding productivity. But for spreadsheet users it makes an even bigger difference, enabling them to do what the
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Between no-code and lo-code lies AI-assisted “co-code”, perfect for spreadsheets(getgrist.com)
3 points by dsagal 3y ago|2 comments
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by dsagal 3y ago
It's a spreadsheet, Excel was always our primary competition! :) The more Excel follows us, the better for everyone. Python is a start, but they have a way to go. Imagine proper relational data, self-hosting for cloud Excel, open-sourc
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by dsagal 3y ago
Grist is a spreadsheet with Python support (I am a founder). Python does make some formulas far easier. Nice to see Excel has data science libraries included from the start, that's something we've had our eyes on for a while. On t
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by dsagal 3y ago
There is overlap! I've spent the last 8 years working on Grist, which tries very hard to improve on Excel while keep its best aspects, and is open source.
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by dsagal 4y ago
Grist is it, in fact "GSheets + Airtable" is how people often see it. From https://blog.appsumo.com/airtable-alternatives/#3_Grist : "Grist has been described as if Google Sheets + Microsoft Excel + Airta
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by dsagal 4y ago
It's not quite type safety, it's all about order, and it's definitely not specific to Javascript. Here's Python3: >>> sorted([10, 2, math.nan]) [2, 10, nan] >>> sorted([10, math.nan, 2]) [10,
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Why sorting is harder than it seems(getgrist.com)
5 points by dsagal 4y ago|2 comments
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by dsagal 4y ago
Ooh, excited to see mention of Grist (I am a cofounder). Python code and structured data are a great combination, and are particularly good for AI. We did an experiment where AI was quite impressive in writing Python formulas in Grist based
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by dsagal 4y ago
That's what I wonder about too. I imagine that a slow calculation would be fine if done once when the data is first loaded into the system. Once the results are in memory, any new data should only affect smallish subsets of cells. This
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by dsagal 5y ago
For someone who has only ever dipped one toe into "crypto", this is super informative. Especially good to read the constructive advice at the end (all the way until the bit about software-building burden, which felt rather random)
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by dsagal 5y ago
Looks great, and I like that there is a lot of overlap with Grist: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25257521 , https://www.getgrist.com (of which I am a founder). The differences are interesting: rows.com see
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by dsagal 5y ago
Grist Labs | Software Engineer | New York, NY or REMOTE (US) | Full Time | https://www.getgrist.com/jobs-engineer We are building Grist, the evolution of spreadsheets, an easy-to-use platform for individuals and small busin
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by dsagal 6y ago
Where do the form responses go? Is it easy to connect them to get pushed to another system?
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by dsagal 6y ago
Column-wide formulas are an example of Grist data being more structured than a traditional spreadsheet. In a spreadsheet, one might type over a cell because it's an exception. In Grist, you'd need to think what makes it special, a
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by dsagal 6y ago
Founder here :) While working at Google years ago, I co-founded a nonprofit for math enrichment classes. I ran it in my spare time, using Google Sheets, until the spreadsheet setup grew too unwieldy, time-consuming, and frustrating. Back th
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by dsagal 6y ago
OK, got far enough through the first tip -- seems useful, although a bit abstract of course.

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