Hacker News with Generative AI: Spreadsheets

Ambsheets: Spreadsheets for Exploring Scenarios (inkandswitch.com)
Ambsheets is a research project about new kinds of spreadsheets for exploring possibility spaces and making better decisions.

Spreadsheets, Decision Making, Research, Tools

178 points by azhenley 16 days ago | 48 comments

Flame: A small language model for spreadsheet formulas (2023) (arxiv.org)
Spreadsheets are a vital tool for end-user data management. Using large language models for formula authoring assistance in these environments can be difficult, as these models are expensive to train and challenging to deploy due to their size (up to billions of parameters).

Spreadsheets, Computer Science

117 points by azhenley 30 days ago | 18 comments

The Chart Missing from All Spreadsheet Software [video] (youtube.com)

Spreadsheets, Software, Visualization, Video

5 points by manuelmagic 89 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Spreadsheet with dark mode (quadratichq.com)
Happy Halloween from Quadratic!

Software, User Interfaces, Spreadsheets

10 points by Manchego79 112 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Quadratic – native JavaScript support in a spreadsheet (quadratichq.com)
The world’s most popular programming language merged with the world’s most popular way to work with data.

JavaScript, Spreadsheets, Web Development, Programming Languages, Software

112 points by Manchego79 146 days ago | 48 comments

Show HN: Sourcetable – AI Spreadsheet and Data Platform (ycombinator.com)
Show HN: Sourcetable – AI Spreadsheet and Data Platform

Show HN, Artificial Intelligence, Data Platforms, Spreadsheets

188 points by mceoin 154 days ago | 88 comments

Growing the Graveyard of "Better Spreadsheets" (taylor.town)
VisiCalc transformed the Apple II from toy to tool. Spreadsheets were the first Killer App.

Software, History, Apple, Productivity, Spreadsheets

4 points by zdw 159 days ago | 1 comments

We verify the correctness of a spreadsheet engine (rowzero.io)
Spreadsheets are a really interesting software domain, because they have a ton of overlapping features.

Software, Spreadsheets, Verification

71 points by breckognize 162 days ago | 7 comments

LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOffice spreadsheet (github.com/Amourspirit)

LibreOffice, Python, Spreadsheets, Programming Tools

128 points by buovjaga 169 days ago | 40 comments

Study finds 94% of business spreadsheets have critical errors (phys.org)

Business, Data Analysis, Errors, Spreadsheets

6 points by rbanffy 189 days ago | 1 comments

Hexsheets: Hexagonal Spreadsheets (github.com/pladams9)

Spreadsheets, Programming, Data Visualization, User Interfaces

81 points by popcalc 202 days ago | 29 comments

Show HN: Free Google Sheets and Excel Templates (getfiledrop.com)