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I actually think there's an opportunity in the opposite direction: convert your SaaS apps to spreadsheets. Instead of having to log into 10 different SaaS apps
by mmckelvy 7y ago
I actually think there's an opportunity in the opposite direction: convert your SaaS apps to spreadsheets.
Instead of having to log into 10 different SaaS apps, you simply make a few menu selections from within Excel / GSheets and your data is pulled in, ready to be analyzed.
The spreadsheet becomes the UI, and the SaaS "apps" are basically databases accessed via an API.
- marmaduke 7y agoThis was my thought as I read through the comments. Email and spreadsheets are great, they’ll be around in five years. Almost nothing else is so dependable (besides having to pay taxes).
- dpoochieni 7y agoCould you elaborate? I'm struggling to come up with examples. Thanks
- nvrspyx 7y agoThe following was somewhere else in the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20084340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20084340
- dktoao 7y agoThe company that makes many of the Google Sheets add-ons (https://www.ghostwrench.net/ https://www.ghostwrench.net/) that I use at work has made this their bread and butter. Google Sheets IS the interface to their software.
- paulkon 7y agoIsn't that what Zapier's Excel integrations aim to provide?