Egeria
Productivity
multidimensional spreadsheet
SHOW HN2018
113points
55comments
#385of 2,155 in 2018
Top 18%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea, good multidimensional approach, similar to Quantrix and Javelin
From 2 comments
Nice, this looks pretty similar to Quantrix Modeler and Javelin, it's precursor. Sadly Javelin suffered from MS's shenanigans with Excel bundling. I was wondering when someone…
infinite8s on HNI'm investigating this right now, I can't tell you much, as I don't understand some of the fundementals yet. I have to say, first glance, I like the idea of this tool a lot. I…
oehpr on HN
Useful for custom keymap management use case
From 1 comment
Wow nice, I can easily imagine using this to manage my custom keymaps. Currently I store everything in Excel. All the modifiers and modifier-combinations (lctrl, lalt, lshift,…
scarcely on HN
Objections
Desktop only, does not work on mobile
From 2 comments
Doesn't work on pixel 2 xl. Says Egeria requires at least 1280x400 pixels to display correctly.
penetrarthur on HNIt is a desktop only application at the moment. The mobile version will come later.
egeria_planning on HN
Concern about service disappearing and proprietary lock-in
From 1 comment
I'm investigating this right now, I can't tell you much, as I don't understand some of the fundementals yet. I have to say, first glance, I like the idea of this tool a lot. I…
oehpr on HN
No built-in privacy or security for data
From 2 comments
How do you ensure the data is kept safe and private?
aldoushuxley001 on HNAt the moment I don't. It's a beta test. The commercial version will support two factor authentication. I think a local installation on the client's server/workstation would be…
egeria_planning on HN
Requests
Import netCDF, Zarr or HDF multidimensional data
From 2 comments
This is awesome - great job One feature that would be immediately interesting for a specific userbase is to be able to import existing multi-dimensional arrays - e.g. netCDF /…
maximilianroos on HNHDF is multidimensional and carries metadata.
digikata on HN
Easy local installation or download page
From 1 comment
I've got several mails from people who'd like to install the system on their own machines. Installing Egeria is not as easy as a desktop application because it is a web server. I…
egeria_planning on HN
Mobile version
From 1 comment
Check out https://www.sigmacomputing.com As they have done just this. Nice work though! Keen to test it out. Hopefully a mobile version is on the roadmap.
ashrodan on HN
Questions
What is the multidimensional model and how does it differ from spreadsheets
From 2 comments
Could you explain what you mean by multidimensional. My first thought was that all spreadsheets are at least 2D, some like SC are explicitly 3D, but the write up seems to suggest…
benj111 on HNYes I get that but A. All spreadsheets are multi dimensional, so why point it out. B. The blurb seems to conflate it with structured/typed data. I've tried reading the link, but…
benj111 on HN
Is it an Anaplan competitor
From 1 comment
Couple of questions: Is this an Anaplan competitor? If so, what are your key differences, value props? What are you using as persistence layer? Postgresql? Mysql? Commercial? How…
polskibus on HN
Performance with large row counts
From 1 comment
How many rows can you have in your spreadsheet before performance starts to become an issue? (I noticed the table isn't lazy-rendered, which sparked the question.)
nivenhuh on HN
Alternatives named
Quantrix Modeler
From 2 comments
Nice, this looks pretty similar to Quantrix Modeler and Javelin, it's precursor. Sadly Javelin suffered from MS's shenanigans with Excel bundling. I was wondering when someone…
infinite8s on HNTake a look at the target market for Quantrix Modeler (Lotus Improv's spiritual successor). It sounds like your product is in the same space (multidimensional modeling) and the…
wenc on HN
Javelin
From 1 comment
Nice, this looks pretty similar to Quantrix Modeler and Javelin, it's precursor. Sadly Javelin suffered from MS's shenanigans with Excel bundling. I was wondering when someone…
infinite8s on HN
Anaplan
From 1 comment
Couple of questions: Is this an Anaplan competitor? If so, what are your key differences, value props? What are you using as persistence layer? Postgresql? Mysql? Commercial? How…
polskibus on HN
Sigma Computing
From 1 comment
Check out https://www.sigmacomputing.com As they have done just this. Nice work though! Keen to test it out. Hopefully a mobile version is on the roadmap.
ashrodan on HN
Airtable
From 1 comment
Most amazing thing ever. This tool will completely destroy online database apps that cost a fortune like Airtable.
fiatjaf on HN