alexzhu

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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   AlphaSheets | San Francisco, CA | Frontend Developer (React) | Full-time (contractors welcome too) | Remote or onsite What we're building: Collaborative, programmable spreadsheets. Think Google Sheets, but like this: http://
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   AlphaSheets | San Francisco, CA | Frontend Developer (React) | Full-time (contractors welcome too) | Remote or onsite What we're building: Collaborative, programmable spreadsheets. Think Google Sheets, but like this: http://
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   AlphaSheets | San Francisco, CA | Frontend Developer (React) | Full-time (contractors welcome too) | Remote or onsite What we're building: Collaborative, programmable spreadsheets. Think Google Sheets, but like this: http://
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   Yes, it does. Live updating already works (i.e. if A and B have a sheet open and A updates it, B sees the updates at the same time as A). And you can share links with others. These features are disabled for the demo, though.
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   We're actually built on top of fin-hypergrid, which we chose for its speed. We're handling all the reactivity in the backend.
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   We're taking that as a compliment. From talking to users, a key piece of feedback we've gotten was that the experience of using AlphaSheets has to be really similar to that of using Excel.
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   xlwings doesn't let you write Python code straight in the cells and have it immediately Just Work. It requires you to install a plugin and write commands in a separate file to execute Python. The UX difference is key here.
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   Yes, the computations are all done server-side, which lets us parallelize big computations. It also keeps our thorny evaluation logic crisp and maintainable, because Haskell. =)
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   by alexzhu 10y ago

   Thanks. :)
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    by alexzhu 10y ago

    Hey! I'm Alex, a cofounder of AlphaSheets. The three gifs on the page link to spreadsheets that you can play around with, with a majority of features already functional. Is that not fair game for Show HN? (I will admit that this isn&#x