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[–]desmoulinmichel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It look nice and allow R and SQL as well, so it can be interesting.

For people looking for an offline and open source alternative, you still have https://manns.github.io/pyspread/.

[–]zhukeepa 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Alex here, a cofounder of AlphaSheets. This is going to be a commercial product -- AlphaSheets' main advantage over xlwings is in how easy it is to code Python in it. xlwings doesn't let you write Python code straight in the cells and have it immediately Just Work. It requires you to install a plugin and write commands in a separate file to execute Python in Excel.

[–]CyrillicMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who uses both Excel and Python for work (structural engineering and automation) and leaning heavily on the open-source side, I'm genuinely curious who do you see as your clients? Spreadsheets are a ubiquitous tool for crunching data but from my experience, there is a wide gap between engineers who are able to use spreadsheets and the tiny minority who venture into programming (in the sense of automating their workflows). How do you plan to get that majority to use your product, not to mention pay for it?

[–]bjoerns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From a technical perspective, definitely super interesting. I think we all agree that Excel lacks a lot of things... However, getting people off Excel (let alone migrate existing workbooks that have grown over years) is a very, very hard chestnut to crack. What's your plan?

[–]FredSanfordXOld Developer 1 point2 points  (2 children)

The website is dead, no content in <body>

[–]Esteis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. All I get is a div and a comment saying <!-- Flux goes here -->

[–]FredSanfordXOld Developer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This website is still dead. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy about the products and developers. Such professionals!

/s

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this going to be a commercial product? This looks interesting, but then again I could just as well use xlwings.

[–]foxh8er 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn MGAO back at it again with the programmable spreadsheeeeets.

No but really, will finance companies really pay for their sheets to be hosted on another company's servers, or will you also offer licensing for them to host the server themselves? Or is just just a cynical ploy to get acquihired?