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Show HN: GS-Calc – A modern spreadsheet with Python integration

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Re: Show HN: GS-Calc – A modern spreadsheet with Python integration

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Post by dr_kiszonka »

sunray2 wrote: post #4

So I'll take a layman's view here since I've only cursory experience of the big data tasks that this software seems to made for. Or maybe the pitch is still different and it went over my head. It loads quick, and works with large data. Crucially, you can view and edit visually, not only programmatically. Assuming those already working with such data have Excel and Python tools etc., the pitch here is that the $39 lic…

I like old-school UIs but I wonder if that look doesn't do the product a disservice. I think most people would find it much more appealing if it looked at least as good as tad and rowzero mentioned in other comments. My first impression was that it is some old, slow software from 30 years ago, and the plots are not what I would show to anyone (especially the 3d bar plots). But that's just the looks. Otherwise, the product is solid.

(Yes, I know that there is plenty of old software that is super fast.)

Re: Show HN: GS-Calc – A modern spreadsheet with Python integration

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Post by jpiech »

dr_kiszonka wrote: post #21
sunray2 wrote: post #4

So I'll take a layman's view here since I've only cursory experience of the big data tasks that this software seems to made for. Or maybe the pitch is still different and it went over my head. It loads quick, and works with large data. Crucially, you can view and edit visually, not only programmatically. Assuming those already working with such data have Excel and Python tools etc., the pitch here is that the $39 lic…

I like old-school UIs but I wonder if that look doesn't do the product a disservice. I think most people would find it much more appealing if it looked at least as good as tad and rowzero mentioned in other comments. My first impression was that it is some old, slow software from 30 years ago, and the plots are not what I would show to anyone (especially the 3d bar plots). But that's just the looks. Otherwise, the pr…

Yep, the website is being kept simple, in fact too simple and will have to be eventually redesigned. It seems the classic (and actually up to date) WinAPI GUI shouldn't imply the software is being "slow". One could have it both ways and say it's usually on the contrary where commonly cloned packages weighing hundreds of MB and performing relatively simple tasks get a free ride on users' ten(s) of times faster hardware. Then there is the Wirth's law, May's law etc.

Re: Show HN: GS-Calc – A modern spreadsheet with Python integration

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Post by gpjt »

As co-founder of Resolver Systems -- we tried but ultimately failed to take on Excel with a Python-enabled equivalent back in 2007 -- and current employee at Anaconda (providing Python in Excel) I really do hope you get this one to work. Excel is a mess, Python is better, and someone surely will eventually be able to fix the former with the latter. Let's hope it's you :-)

Re: Show HN: GS-Calc – A modern spreadsheet with Python integration

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Post by jpiech »

gpjt wrote: post #23

As co-founder of Resolver Systems -- we tried but ultimately failed to take on Excel with a Python-enabled equivalent back in 2007 -- and current employee at Anaconda (providing Python in Excel) I really do hope you get this one to work. Excel is a mess, Python is better, and someone surely will eventually be able to fix the former with the latter. Let's hope it's you :-)

Thank you. The current integration is described in the online HTML GS-Calc help. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
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