[HN Gopher] Show HN: A modern spreadsheet with Python integration
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       Show HN: A modern spreadsheet with Python integration
        
       Process large (e.g. 4GB+) data sets in a spreadsheet.  Load GB/32
       million-row files in seconds and use them without any crashes using
       up to about 500GB RAM.  Load/edit in-place/split/merge/clean
       CSV/text files with up to 32 million rows and 1 million columns.
       Use your Python functions as UDF formulas that can return to GS-
       Calc images and entire CSV files.  Use a set of statistical pivot
       data functions.  Solver functions virtually without limits for the
       number of variables.  Create and display all popular chart types
       with millions of data points instantly.  Suggestions for
       improvements are welcome (and often implemented quite quickly).
        
       Author : jpiech
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2025-04-25 18:17 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | conductr wrote:
       | It all sounds very compelling , great work! But I have to ask,
       | what's the catch? This almost seems like it's ready to fully
       | replace Excel but I've seen many things die in that pursuit. What
       | will Excel users miss by switching?
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       | I'm don't do a ton to big data stuff, but sometimes despite
       | Excels stated row and column support- I find it effectively melts
       | down if even 100K/100 of data and forget adding formulas.
        
         | vroomvrooom wrote:
         | i literally never used excel to any useful extent even though
         | that would have saved me from poverty 100% and I have to say
         | that I hated using it ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF THE UI.
         | 
         | ... and this is not doing anything to improve on that ...
        
       | sunray2 wrote:
       | So I'll take a layman's view here since I've only cursory
       | experience of the big data tasks that this software seems to made
       | for. Or maybe the pitch is still different and it went over my
       | head.
       | 
       | It loads quick, and works with large data. Crucially, you can
       | view and edit visually, not only programmatically.
       | 
       | Assuming those already working with such data have Excel and
       | Python tools etc., the pitch here is that the $39 license fee
       | saves time or effort. So, is it that the user can spot and
       | correct errors that you couldn't otherwise do with either Excel
       | or with other big data tools? And/or otherwise do the necessary
       | data manipulations?
       | 
       | I came across the phrase 'eyes like a shithouse rat' recently, to
       | describe the people doing final checks at a printing press. I
       | think there's probably plenty of people out there who would pay
       | $39 for eyes like a shithouse rat.
       | 
       | Also the website makes me nostalgic :)
        
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