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   by arsalanb 4y ago

   z-axis is the thickness of the tape
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   3M tape with anisotropic z-axis electrical conductivity(3m.com)

   244 points by arsalanb 4y ago|140 comments
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   by arsalanb 5y ago

   Livedocs YC W22 ( https://livedocs.com ) | Fullstack engineer | Senior or Mid | Remote Livedocs is a no-code analytics tool that helps non-technical teams bring live data from existing tools (like Stripe, Segment, and more) direct
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   by arsalanb 5y ago

   @dang is truly a legend. Shared some thoughts with him about an idea I had and feedback was truly insightful. Massive hat-tip to the legend!
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   by arsalanb 5y ago

   Chiming in here — not sure about this. I checked for a name that showed as "available" on the link above. I requested the owner of that Github handle a year ago if they were willing to release it to me, as they have zero public re
6. 36.▲
   by arsalanb 5y ago

   Thanks!
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   by arsalanb 5y ago

   Yes! You can track public hashtags, URLs, and even handles using the "social listening" block on the Twitter integrations. Check out this template which has an example – https://livedocs.com/templates/4cc353b1
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   by arsalanb 5y ago

   Checking it out now!
9. 39.▲
   by arsalanb 5y ago

   Ahh, these are interesting! None seem to have an API though :(
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    True! That's a great idea! We tried with Airtable for a proof of concept, but Airtable is not issuing metadata API tokens anymore..should try with Office 365
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    This looks interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Yes! I could probably do this with Jupyter Notebooks, but Livedocs is built for, say, a growth or sales role who want to track a simple metric from Twitter or Stripe, and might not have the time to learn Jupyter and it’s nuances. Notebook
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    We’re already working on this! It’s our goal to reduce the barrier to entry to using Livedocs by taking the docs to where your work already happens :)
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Hi! I’m trying to nail the UX of excel. We already support Google sheets, but excel IIRC is a file-based format? Do you imagine re-uploading the latest version of the spreadsheet in order to update the document? Re: CRMs, we currently work
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    We did consider that, and have something in the works although it’s not top priority right now. I’m curious what would the distinction be? What would differentiate it from a document with only graphs etc and no text?
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Cool! That's my favorite part of this format of "live" documents — based on what integrations exist, the output might be an entirely different tool. What tools do you use for time and expense tracking?
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Coda is a slick tool for building interactive documents! We're focused on allowing non-technical folks to track metrics and data from third party tools (although we do also support pulling live data on tickets/PRs from Github too,
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Super cool! There are some tricky challenges to solve under the hood to make one-click data entry work, for sure! Curious to learn what prompted you to build this..
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Thanks! We're trying to find the sweet spot between flexibility and ease of use, by adding features where you could dive deeper into metrics if you are an advanced user. BTW, you can also setup Livedocs documents to automatically send
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Thanks! Yes! We realized that early teams don't even have a data stack — they just rely on dashboards built into the tools they already use. The problem is, there's a dashboard on every tool, which means these teams have to hop be
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Agree! The horrors of updating documents at a previous role is what led me to build Livedocs! We're trying to work with Google Docs currently. We're aware of the huge switching cost that comes with adopting a new editor, and we&#x
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Thanks! Feel free to reach out to me a(at)livedocs.com if you're looking for an integration that would be useful to you. Happy to hack something together for you :)
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Appreciate it! I'm a huge fan of ReadMe!
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Thanks! We're trying to build a more complete data solution. The pre-built block types are the first step, which let you setup basic metrics. We want to build connectors with custom APIs, databases, and even data warehouses, and then l
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    We're looking to add support for connecting with APIs and databases (and passing SQL queries to those DBs) visually so larger teams can invite their data engineers to write queries for them.
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    Launch HN: Livedocs (YC W22) – Live data in your documents, without code(livedocs.com)

    129 points by arsalanb 5y ago|49 comments
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Thank you!
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Clickable links — - https://livedocs.com - https://livedocs.com/templates
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    Show HN: LiveDocs – bring live data from anywhere to your docs, without code

    12 points by arsalanb 5y ago|3 comments
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    by arsalanb 5y ago

    Literally one minute later, wow! Love it! Congrats on the launch!