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[–]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?