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a code editor that feels like a spreadsheet

Shown by chrispsn on Jul 21, 2017. Click the card to turn it over.

199points

30comments

#165of 2,242 in 2017

Top 8%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

6 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.

Idea: 4 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 against

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Interesting idea for spreadsheet-style programming and end-user programming
From 3 comments
- This is along the right lines. Whoever cracks end-user programming will be someone who embraces lists, and is willing throw away the vast vast majority of modern programming…
  erikpukinskis on HN
- Things I could use that for that I can think of right now: - fast prototyping of regexes - very good prototyping and feedback tool for record processing - computational graphics…
  loa_in_ on HN
- I use and love Calca which is a maths oriented text editor that does live display of equation results as you type. I really wish that more programming were like this: real-time…
  ketralnis on HN
Useful for prototyping and data processing
From 1 comment
- Things I could use that for that I can think of right now: - fast prototyping of regexes - very good prototyping and feedback tool for record processing - computational graphics…
  loa_in_ on HN

Unclear what practical use cases it serves
From 2 comments
- It looks nice and all... but what can I do with it? Citing Paul Graham[0] You Need an Application to Drive the Design of a Language. What is the use case here? The readme…
  dyarosla on HN
- Amazing. But it seems like a powerful way to process data, not a way to write programs, am I right? Maybe it could be said to be a spreadsheet-like data processor that generates…
  fiatjaf on HN
Doesn't feel like a spreadsheet
From 1 comment
- This doesn't feel like a spreadsheet.
  cwyers on HN
Hard to try in browser; requires build tooling
From 2 comments
- This is neat. I've made some small prototypes in the same kind of space, trying to come up with a new way of doing spreadsheet-based programming. My one nitpick is that I want to…
  MattRix on HN
- I'd like to see this self-contained. It looks like if I want to share a mesh with someone, I need them to be familiar with developer build processes (needing npm or yarn, etc;…
  carussell on HN

Is it a programming tool or a data processing tool?
From 1 comment
- Amazing. But it seems like a powerful way to process data, not a way to write programs, am I right? Maybe it could be said to be a spreadsheet-like data processor that generates…
  fiatjaf on HN

Excel
From 2 comments
- See my other comment[1] in this thread, and the one by sheeshkebab[2]. There are no shortage of instances where Excel plays a depressingly crucial role in critical LOB operations…
  carussell on HN
- >What is the use case here? Clicking through on the link that says "more discussion here" [1] the OP does at least explain the original problem with Excel that he was trying to…
  delhanty on HN
Calca
From 1 comment
- I use and love Calca which is a maths oriented text editor that does live display of equation results as you type. I really wish that more programming were like this: real-time…
  ketralnis on HN
TiddlyWiki
From 1 comment
- I'd like to see this self-contained. It looks like if I want to share a mesh with someone, I need them to be familiar with developer build processes (needing npm or yarn, etc;…
  carussell on HN