Accelerate Excel

Web and SaaS

spreadsheet optimizer

SHOW HN2014

12points
6comments
#1,617of 2,272 in 2014
Top 72%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Pricing: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Interesting approach

    From 1 comment
  • Large market for speeding up financial spreadsheets

    From 2 comments
    • If you can speed up serious financial sector spreadsheets - hideous baroque constructions of formulae and VBA - they will pay you any amount of money for this.
      davidgerard on HN
    • The problem with spreadsheets is generally maintainability and testing not performance. At least if it is slow people might rewrite it on a better platform. I am sure there is a…
      justincormack on HN

Objections

  • Spreadsheet problems are maintainability and testing, not performance

    From 1 comment
    • The problem with spreadsheets is generally maintainability and testing not performance. At least if it is slow people might rewrite it on a better platform. I am sure there is a…
      justincormack on HN

Questions

  • How does it speed up Excel so much when Microsoft has not?

    From 1 comment
    • How are you accelerating Excel so much, in a way that Microsoft wouldn't have thought about? No trashing, I'm just curious, and the website doesn't tell much apart from…
      Artemis2 on HN

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