SheetUI
Web and SaaS
site builder
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
18 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 9 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea and clean landing page
From 3 comments
You've done a wonderful job with explaining what it does, how, and why, all on the landing page.
vosper on HNreally cool. Love the idea.
rcshubhadeep on HNThis is awesome. Congratulations, and best of luck. I played around with the product little bit and it looks really nice.
abhisheksamanta on HN
Good execution of Sheets integration
From 1 comment
Massive kudos to the effort. The Gsheets API is notoriously hard to understand and work with. I see that you have put it to good use! Great work!
vijaybritto on HN
Objections
Only works with public sheets for now
From 2 comments
Does this only work with public sheets?
hogFeast on HNFor now, yes. I'm hard at work building Google Sheets API integration so you won't have to make your sheet public.
tjchear on HN
Competes with Sheet2Site and Awesome Table
From 2 comments
Not sure if you've heard of Sheet2Site[1] which I believe is a direct competitor. [1] https://sheet2site.com/
dmlittle on HNSo why not use Awesome Table? one of the very top G Suite Marketplace apps: https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/awesome_table/56088344336
czzarr on HN
Unclear whether there is money in this space
From 1 comment
Love the execution of your idea. Having played with google sheet too (using it as my storage for https://nooze.world actually) and having followed sheet2site story, I am left…
greatNespresso on HN
Requests
OAuth support for private sheets
From 1 comment
This looks really cool. I have a potential use case I'd consider using this for, but I don't want to make the sheet (or resulting page) public. Have you considered support for…
eyelidlessness on HN
Embed iframe code
From 1 comment
very nice... curious if you could embed it easily into another site or even wordpress page? I have had an HOA membership page that is backed by a Google Spreadsheet with some…
platetone on HN
Custom CSS support
From 1 comment
Great idea and execution! I've been using Liftoff[1] with Airtable as a DIY solution for this and while it's been easy to set it up and deploy it on Netlify, I still had to…
alin23 on HN
Examples and demo sites
From 2 comments
Great idea! The video on the homepage is very useful; have you thought about linking to some examples?
wiremine on HNAnyone have a end-result demo page that I can look at? I would like to see what it looks like.
rnotaro on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Glide and Sheet2Site
From 2 comments
Any comparison with Glide?
johnx123-up on HNHow does this compare to sheet 2 site? Just wondering.
notJim on HN
Does it update when the sheet changes
From 1 comment
If I update the sheet, the website updates too?
davide_v on HN
What is the business model
From 1 comment
What would be your business model?
MiSeRyDeee on HN
Alternatives named
Sheet2Site
From 1 comment
Not sure if you've heard of Sheet2Site[1] which I believe is a direct competitor. [1] https://sheet2site.com/
dmlittle on HN
Glide
From 1 comment
Any comparison with Glide?
johnx123-up on HN
Awesome Table
From 1 comment
Try Awesome Table, it's been here for years for exactly that purpose and is one of the very top G Suite Marketplace apps:…
czzarr on HN
Liftoff with Airtable
From 1 comment
Great idea and execution! I've been using Liftoff[1] with Airtable as a DIY solution for this and while it's been easy to set it up and deploy it on Netlify, I still had to…
alin23 on HN