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Honestly, I'm really excited about this next generation of spreadsheet software. - Causal.app - Rows.com - Equals.com - and at least 50 others I've found I

Honestly, I'm really excited about this next generation of spreadsheet software. - Causal.app - Rows.com - Equals.com - and at least 50 others I've found I'm waiting for someone to create a really high performant spreadsheet engine that runs in WASM to power even more spreadsheet-y applications. The direct manipulation of spreadsheets is super underrated.

WillAdams 3y ago
Are any of these multi-dimensional? Still looking for a replacement Lotus Improv (can't justify Quantrix Financial).
- breckognize 3y ago
  Row Zero supports Python pandas, which handles multi-dimensional data. So you can process your data with Pandas in the code window and then view "2d slices" of that data in the spreadsheet UI. Feel free to message me at breck at rowzero.io if you'd like to do a session together to get you started.
  - WillAdams 3y ago
    I need something which allows me to interactively re-arrange the date on-the-fly --- if you've never worked w/ Improv it's hard to express. There was the beginnings of an opensource implementation, Flexisheet, or see: https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/no-code-history-lotus-improv-spreadsheets-done-right-1991/ https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/no-code-history-lotus-improv...
ozim 3y ago
I just wonder how come there is market for these when Microsoft has Excel online. Any company that has O365 has Excel online as well.
- gamegoblin 3y ago
  Excel is really great if you don't have too much data. We love Excel! But we just had too much data for it, so we built the solution we wanted. We can handle 100x more data than Excel (online or desktop), Google Sheets, etc.
- sidcool 3y ago
  Excel online is not a pleasant experience. Google sheets is much better. Row zero seems way better.
  - elforce002 3y ago
    Gsheets and Excel are hard to beat, so I assume they're focusing on big companies.
- skadamat 3y ago
  Excel online still struggles to work with databases well. In classic disruption theory (the real theory by Clayton, not the TechCrunch 'disruption'), these products have less features but are simpler and can win the low-end of the market then move up-market over time. I suspect that people glued to M365 ecosystem are the LAST ones to consider leaving Excel online, but that's okay!
- b0ner_t0ner 3y ago
  Excel online is a crippled piece of shit though.

WillAdams 3y ago

Are any of these multi-dimensional? Still looking for a replacement Lotus Improv (can't justify Quantrix Financial).

breckognize 3y ago
Row Zero supports Python pandas, which handles multi-dimensional data. So you can process your data with Pandas in the code window and then view "2d slices" of that data in the spreadsheet UI. Feel free to message me at breck at rowzero.io if you'd like to do a session together to get you started.
- WillAdams 3y ago
  I need something which allows me to interactively re-arrange the date on-the-fly --- if you've never worked w/ Improv it's hard to express. There was the beginnings of an opensource implementation, Flexisheet, or see: https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/no-code-history-lotus-improv-spreadsheets-done-right-1991/ https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/no-code-history-lotus-improv...

ozim 3y ago

I just wonder how come there is market for these when Microsoft has Excel online. Any company that has O365 has Excel online as well.

gamegoblin 3y ago
Excel is really great if you don't have too much data. We love Excel! But we just had too much data for it, so we built the solution we wanted. We can handle 100x more data than Excel (online or desktop), Google Sheets, etc.
sidcool 3y ago
Excel online is not a pleasant experience. Google sheets is much better. Row zero seems way better.
- elforce002 3y ago
  Gsheets and Excel are hard to beat, so I assume they're focusing on big companies.
skadamat 3y ago
Excel online still struggles to work with databases well. In classic disruption theory (the real theory by Clayton, not the TechCrunch 'disruption'), these products have less features but are simpler and can win the low-end of the market then move up-market over time. I suspect that people glued to M365 ecosystem are the LAST ones to consider leaving Excel online, but that's okay!
b0ner_t0ner 3y ago
Excel online is a crippled piece of shit though.