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Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

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Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

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Post by quelltext »

alin23 wrote: post #64

I also have an iOS published app that has a Google Sheets “backend”: https://subsol.one It’s an app for finding parties and festivals in Romania, and the sheets choice makes it super easy for my brother and his friends to add parties to the app. I thought about adding a “real” database and tried some apps/frontends for them, but nothing made it easy enough to update and insert rows for non technical people. I figured…

Websites or apps backed by a sheet or some other minimalist setup are fairly common. What's noteworthy about the submission is that the website is a sheet, not a layer to render info from one.

Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

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Post by divbzero »

mattmcknight wrote: post #37

After years of dormancy, a surprising new chapter in the using for layout debate emerges.

The most adept practitioners can create pixel-perfect bitmaps by minimizing column widths and row heights and tweaking background color cell by cell.

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Post by ziolko »

alin23 wrote: post #64

I also have an iOS published app that has a Google Sheets “backend”: https://subsol.one It’s an app for finding parties and festivals in Romania, and the sheets choice makes it super easy for my brother and his friends to add parties to the app. I thought about adding a “real” database and tried some apps/frontends for them, but nothing made it easy enough to update and insert rows for non technical people. I figured…

You can easily turn a spreadsheet into a small CRUD database with HTTP API using Google Apps Script. I've shared an example a few years ago: https://spreadapi.roombelt.com/setup.

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Post by HellsMaddy »

dools wrote: post #63

It’s a pet peeve of mine how selectively the “don’t editorialise headlines” guideline is enforced

The title accurately describes what's interesting about the submission, no hyperbole or clickbait. What's wrong with that?

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Post by spookie »

wswope wrote: post #59
Slow_Hand wrote: post #35

Now might be a good time to mention the band Vulfpeck's website, which is refreshingly stripped-down and no more flashy in it's design than Craigslist. Aside from it's custom typeface: https://www.vulfpeck.com/ The site is a little light on content right now because there's not much going on with the band, but going back in time you can see how crisp and functional the entire thing is, even when loaded with informati…

Similar one that I love from Nicolas Jaar with major indie-hacker vibes, albeit a less sick typeface: https://nicolasjaar.net/

I love his mixes, this is great!

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Post by marwis »

ziolko wrote: post #73
alin23 wrote: post #64

I also have an iOS published app that has a Google Sheets “backend”: https://subsol.one It’s an app for finding parties and festivals in Romania, and the sheets choice makes it super easy for my brother and his friends to add parties to the app. I thought about adding a “real” database and tried some apps/frontends for them, but nothing made it easy enough to update and insert rows for non technical people. I figured…

You can easily turn a spreadsheet into a small CRUD database with HTTP API using Google Apps Script. I've shared an example a few years ago: https://spreadapi.roombelt.com/setup .

How's the performance?

Re: Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document

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Post by unixhero »

marwis wrote: post #79
ziolko wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can easily turn a spreadsheet into a small CRUD database with HTTP API using Google Apps Script. I've shared an example a few years ago: https://spreadapi.roombelt.com/setup .

How's the performance?

Good enough
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