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robbiejs

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About robbiejs

My name's Robbert, creator of DataGridXL.js, a no-nonsense Excel-like data grid editor.

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    Comment #48963175

    Thank you for writing this. It resonates with me at this moment in my life! :-)

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    Comment #48895881

    Thanks for your comment! It will handle 100,000s of cells without much issues: it has virtualized scrolling and rendering . I have not tested it with large file sizes, like your 20…

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    Show HN: Display Excel files in your web app

    Hello Hacker News! I have just launched SpreadsheetPreview, an embeddable Javascript/Typescript component that displays an Excel file (.xlsx) in any browser. Benefits: No upload. N…

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    Comment #48889556

    I am working on Spreadsheet Preview, embed and preview Excel files in any website/web app. Just like PDF.js for pdf files. Check it out at https://spreadsheetpreview.com

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    Comment #48880230

    Beautiful!

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    Comment #48843754

    This looks really cool! Congrats on launching! It would be nice to display an animated GIF along with the sprite examples

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    Comment #48842973

    Hello Hacker News! I have just launched SpreadsheetPreview, an embeddable Javascript/Typescript component that displays an Excel file (.xlsx) in any browser. Benefits: No upload. N…

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    Comment #48833733

    Cool game! Reminds me of the untitled Goose Game, bullying citizens, is that a genre? It should definitely be a genre.

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    Show HN: DataGridXL v3, High Performance Excel-Like Data Grid

    Hello HN! Some time ago I released DataGridXL version 3. Version 1 and 2 both reached the Hacker News homepage, which made me really proud! DataGridXL is a modern Excel-like data g…

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    Show HN: SpreadsheetPreview: Pdf.js for Spreadsheets

    Hello Hacker News! I have just launched SpreadsheetPreview, an embeddable Javascript/Typescript component that displays an Excel file (.xlsx) in any browser. You can see it here: h…

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    Comment #48094033

    I am working on SpreadsheetPreview.com, a subscription service that gives you PNG previews of your uploaded spreadsheet (xlxs files). On the server it opens a headless browser, whe…

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    Comment #45872799

    I am working on a browser plugin that lets you edit Supabase database tables just like Excel, until it's ready. Then you switch to the main branch and the tables will be read only

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    Comment #44705059

    I am working on a platform called ikverdienbeter.nl (i deserve better) that educates people on recognizing healthy behaviour and healthy boundaries. I take snippets from popular tv…

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    Comment #44704828

    Well not really obscure, but some want formulas, some want advanced filters, grouping/pivoting. Nothing that's not done before but you don't want to say yes to all these things as …

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    Comment #44704671

    I am working on DataGrid Toolkit. Based on my experiences building and selling (Excel like) data grids, people always look for your data grid, "but can it do this"? With DataGrid T…

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    Comment #41599762

    Very nice, nice set of constraints!

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    Comment #41538118

    I think this website is beautiful in its simplicity

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    Comment #41376851

    DataGridXL, an Excel-like data grid for JavaScript. The manual Excel-like step is not going anywere soon is my estimate. https://datagridxl.com

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    Comment #41264439

    What a brilliant blog. Author puts a lot of love in it, that's clear! Thanks for sharing, read the whole thing. Made me feel kinda stupid for not using CSS Grid more... ;-)

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    Comment #40607113

    Beautiful work

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    Comment #40546641

    Cool project, it speaks to me! And I dig the emojis. I like the chain able queries, like: ``` const cats = await manifest .from('cats') .where('breed = siamese') .andWhere('active …

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    Comment #40383309

    Love it! Thanks for sharing.