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antidnan··on Show HN: Subset – Spreadsheet building blocks on an infinite canvas
We've discussed a lot of these ideas! We have a primitive version of tracing dependents and visualizing flows we haven't released yet. Stay tuned.

Connecting databases is high on our list of things to tackle next.

And will keep the local mode in mind, that's another vote on that from HN.

Thanks for the feedback!

antidnan··on Show HN: Subset – Spreadsheet building blocks on an infinite canvas
Glad to hear! It is free to use for now. We just got running and haven't figured out the pricing model, but we're planning on something freemium SaaS.

Totally understand the privacy concerns. That's something we've been thinking about a lot. Right now we're only SaaS but might offer something "local only" in the future if there's enough demand.

antidnan··on KernType – A Letter Spacing Game
Never done any font design. Initially I was getting 70s, but after playing it a few times over the last few weeks I think I've gotten the hang of it. Mid 90s on average now.
antidnan··on An Internet Canvas
I got an (automated?) email from HN mods to repost it on the HN second chance pool https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308
antidnan··on Figma Is a File Editor
Some great links in there. Figma's engineering blog about how multiplayer works has been a very helpful starting point for this type of software.
antidnan··on BlockSuite: An open-source Notion-like editor with multiplayer support
https://excalidraw.com/
antidnan··on Ask HN: You're planning a vacation to somewhere, what's your process?
Carving out time for side quests is a good framework!
antidnan··on Ask HN: Those with success using GPT-4 for programming – what are you doing?
It has saved me some time writing queries in some obscure DSLs. Results were slightly off but close enough for me to run with it. Replaced my first pass of reading through the docs, but not really helpful beyond that.

I probably could have spent more time framing the query to get better results.

antidnan··on [dead]
Spreadsheets don't look great on mobile, so it hasn't been our first priority. But I think a canvas has some potential to maybe make the layout more mobile friendly.
antidnan··on [dead]
Figma components was a big inspiration! Remote hosted CSVs is an interesting idea. We have discussed creating shared canonical data sets across various files that you can request updates to, which I think would solve a similar issue.
antidnan··on Are spreadsheets a true programming language?
I think so. Even microsoft thinks so, if its turing complete.
antidnan··on Ask HN: Want to create a drawing app, where do I start?
Check out https://github.com/tldraw and https://twitter.com/steveruizok on twitter
antidnan··on Understanding and Improving the UX of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets [pdf]
Love that analogy! Full circle unstructured chaos
antidnan··on Understanding and Improving the UX of Structuring Data in Spreadsheets [pdf]
"It's Freedom to Put Things Where My Mind Wants"
antidnan··on Reinhart and Rogoff's original 2010 spreadsheet from “Growth in a Time of Debt”
Source: https://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/18553/download...
antidnan··on Ask HN: Is Hacker News slow for anyone else?
yes
antidnan··on Ask HN: Was anyone working at Apple during Steve Jobs' return in 1997?
https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/no-code-history-lotus-improv...
antidnan··on What's SAP, and why's it worth $163B? (2020)
Sometimes this is why I think we'll end up with a refresh of the corporate world with digitally native businesses not running on SAP. I imagine at some point we'll run out of people who know SAP and are even willing to learn it.
antidnan··on Show HN: BlockNote – a “Notion-style” block-based text editor
Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

The notion style inline autocomplete dialog is becoming standard for text editors and I love it :)

antidnan··on A Graph-Based Firebase
Very cool! What're the differences between this and something like Replicache?
antidnan··on More content by people, for people in Search
This is especially annoying with recipes. There's usually a massive backstory that takes up 90% of the page. Some recipe websites even post a button to jump directly to the recipe, at least they're self-aware.
antidnan··on What I learned working with a senior engineer as a new grad
Hope you didn't mind me posting it! I was reading through the parser you posted yesterday and stumbled onto your blog :)
antidnan··on Show HN: I'm building a browser-based DAW
Are there any projects using WASM for DAWs?
antidnan··on CodeMirror 6.0 Stable Release
It is amazing how many modern software applications rely on CodeMirror. A gift to the public. Thanks Marijn!
antidnan··on Ask HN: Why is Substack so popular?
Their "hidden feature" is massively simplifying the setup of a blog for someone nontechnical who wants

(1) A modern "minimalist" themed blog focused on written content (2) An email newsletter with the same content (3) Optionally allow paid subscribers

I've tried everything in the blog world, and most are a headache to maintain. The closest would be Ghost, but they haven't done as well on the GTM side. Substack has set itself apart by landing "tech twitter" influencers who philosophize... which is probably why you're seeing it bleed into the HN world.

antidnan··on How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M
Has anyone seen an analysis of why their pricing models were above market, and/or worse than OpenDoor?
antidnan··on Show HN: Calenday, real-time collaborative calendars for trip planning
Neat!

A collaborative itinerary seems really useful.

Any plans to add or design features around coordinating flights for these types of trips? In my experience this tends to be the hardest thing to keep track of collaboratively. I've actually also seen friends using spreadsheets to track flights. It could be cool to add a feature that shows when everyone is landing or leaving.

antidnan··on Launch HN: Fable (YC W21) – Collaborate on product specs, sync to issue trackers
Congrats on the launch!

Building the conflict resolution engine sounds like a fun challenge.

antidnan··on Ask HN: How to learn about text editor architectures and implementations?
Prosemirror is a good place to start. https://prosemirror.net/docs/guide/ https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/blog/prosemirror.html

They have a well architected model, including plugins to extend functionality, see https://tiptap.dev/ which is built ontop of Prosemirror

bonus: The author talks about collaborative editing here: https://marijnhaverbeke.nl/blog/collaborative-editing.html

antidnan··on Ask HN: Best alternatives to Google Analytics in 2021?
https://plausible.io/

No cookies, GDPR compliant, simple interface

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