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Show HN: Version Control for Excel(spreadgit.com)
1 points by bjoerns 13y ago|3 comments
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I run https://www.spreadgit.com , a hosted version control system for Excel. Doing this solo and full time. It's been a hell of a ride so far but I love it.
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C172 Skyhawk(cessna.com)
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by bjoerns 13y ago
wish I could contribute. i got my wings (just a PPL) 4 years ago and the craziest two manoeuvres I've ever flown were: 1. a recovery from a spin. 2. turning back to my local airfield because my 2-year old son was puking like crazy in
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by bjoerns 13y ago
that's pretty cool, thanks very much for sharing this! just had a quick scan through the code and it looks there's one thing missing (apologies if not as I haven't had the time yet to really run the code). if you actually wan
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by bjoerns 13y ago
http://www.boredbanker.com/
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Bots now 'account for 61% of net traffic'(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by bjoerns 13y ago|0 comments
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5 Reasons Your Startup Should Embrace Excel(blog.spreadgit.com)
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I second edwardliu's comment. did the same thing, putting my own money where my mouth is. Whether you take on investor money obviously depends on many, many things but in my view, but bootstrapping it for as long as you can helps you f
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I've built SpreadGit (www.spreadgit.com), a version control system for Excel that doesn't suck. started as a side project a couple of months ago which turned into my full time job. I've cobbled SpreadGit together myself (most
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Ask HN: Anyone using IronPython?
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Bill Gates Talks About Networks and Microsoft Excel in 1987(news.softpedia.com)
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by bjoerns 13y ago
...although even at the risk of getting laughed at, Excel is an awesome tool for a lot of quick and dirty data analysis stuff (depending on what you do). Throw in a little Python/R (e.g. via datanitro) and it's even more powerful.
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I use both for my data analysis (though I'm not doing anything too fancy these days). R is great at statistics (that's what it was designed for) but a bit of a terrible programming language. So I combine the two, do all the IO stu
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by bjoerns 13y ago
hmm, guess I got a bit ahead of myself - you are right, you wouldn't want to switch views/apps as you would indeed expect people to use it in quite a dynamic way. really looking forward to it!
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by bjoerns 13y ago
yup. feel free to drop me an email if you want to touch base (i've just done the sign-up)
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by bjoerns 13y ago
hmm, what's wrong with uploading it? I would actually prefer the no-Addin solution: the Excel Addin 'deployment' is a bit messy (with references stuck in the Addin-manager) + no Addins in the Mac world (though I guess that &g
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by bjoerns 13y ago
it's a great idea - much better than the old built-in formula dependency tracker. definitely loving your idea! I've been in the Excel business myself for years (having worked in finance) and always love when someone comes up wit
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by bjoerns 13y ago
though I'm not much into Rails I very much like Railscasts ( http://railscasts.com/ )
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by bjoerns 13y ago
We use Flask + MongoDB + Heroku at Spreadgit ( http://www.spreadgit.com ). Was meant to serve as an MVP initially but so far it's been awesome. as your project grows you can replace your module with packages etc. if you'
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by bjoerns 13y ago
Flask + MongoDB
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by bjoerns 13y ago
One of my biggest issues when starting to write new code on my own is that I find myself quite often being carried away. So what I force myself to do these days is to write down a few user stories, nothing too fancy but just to have an outl
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July startup sprint - who's with me?
11 points by bjoerns 13y ago|5 comments
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I'm working on a revision control system for spreadsheets ( http://www.spreadgit.com ) so people can sort out their Excel mess, ie. track changes, diff and eventually merge versions like you'd do with code.
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I'd say improve your JS skills, if your aim is to work as a web developer then that's where things are going. Get your head around some JS framework like AngularJS or backbone. Alternatively, Ruby always comes in handy (have a look at Sinat
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by bjoerns 13y ago
this is awesome, I really like it. I hold a JAR-PPL(A) and the cost of hiring a simple Cessna 152 is just ridiculous (same goes for buying) - bearing in mind that it's technology from about 30-40 years ago... I am amazed by the operational
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by bjoerns 13y ago
JavaScript is (sort of) what Visual Basic used to be back in the 90s...
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by bjoerns 13y ago
Simon & Garfunkel (I'm in my mid thirties though)
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I can relate to your situation. I quit my very well paid i-banking job last week as I had no passion whatsoever and started really hating what I was doing. I was full of plans but a few months into it I realised that what I was aiming for w
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by bjoerns 13y ago
I guess, the first question is Python vs Ruby. I use either and don't have a strong view to be honest unless you do so number crunching in which case Python offers more in terms of libraries. As to which webframework to use, RoR is indeed a

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