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Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by Rafsark »

vthommeret wrote: post #24
KMnO4 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OTOH, I'm desperate for a tool that's "like Notion, but better", where my primary definition of "better" is that it's not slow/bloated. If this is lightweight AND has these cool data modelling features then I'm on board.

They’ve started to move their iOS app to native views which has made a big difference so seems like they’re prioritizing performance.

I think Notion made great efforts on this, imo

Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by g-camargo »

SCLeo wrote: post #29
leobg wrote: post #8

Would like to see a demo video. Reading through the landing page doesn’t really tell me what this does, or how are using it would work.

Agreed. Or, since it is an interactive application, it would be very nice to just show a interactable demo on the front page.

We’re working on it as you speak! In a couple of months, we’ll be expanding access to more people, and we’ll have more videos and use cases to share soon.

Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by g-camargo »

light_hue_1 wrote: post #13

I might have been a user if I could access it without signing up to try it out. Having to give my email, click a link, set up an account, etc. just to see what this is to decide if I want to use it, is far too high of a barrier to entry.

We hear you! As we build, we’re prioritising certain use cases. If you’re an entrepreneur (or know one), that can relate to the pains of creating your first cap table, explaining burn to investors or managing your P&L in a spreadsheet, we would love to chat.

Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by dscape »

Hi Everyone! I’m a co-founder at Decipad. Love the support and excitement for what we’re building! We’re currently collaborating with a small group of early access users. Come say hi on Discord. We will be sharing more soon. And, if you have a certain modeling use case in mind, we would love to learn more about it.

Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by dscape »

valyagolev wrote: post #30

i wonder if it would be cool to have generalized "task" management in the form of embedded Prolog-like (basically make queries through unification)

Would love to know more. Learning prolog at uni was quite the experience, but don't really know how that could be used in our language. Happy to chat, join discord and we can talk about it. Here’s the link - https://discord.com/invite/HwDMqwbGmc

Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by dscape »

johnhenry wrote: post #7
g-camargo wrote: post #2

I've been working on Decipad. It's a low-code notebook to tell stories with numbers and build interactive models. It's like Notion with spreadsheet-like capabilities. You can build and publish interactive notebooks for things like forecasting, burn rate, a mortgage calculator, or just something fun. We're testing with early access users. Would be grateful for any feedback if you're interested! Decipad.com

Is this like formulas ( https://www.notion.so/help/formulas ) on steroids?

Our goal is to make it powerful enough to support a range of modeling and calculation needs, from a financial modeling to building a recipe (e.g. https://dev.decipad.com/n/The-Saturday-White-Bread%3A9JQMbgK...)! We wrote our formula language to support a broad range of modeling use cases. We’re currently testing that language with a small group. Is there any particular use case you would be interested in using a more powerful formula language for?

Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by g-camargo »

skybrian wrote: post #10

Too bad the documentation isn’t online. What does it use for formulas? How do you share notebooks? Do you need the app to view them? I’m pretty happy with Observable’s notebooks. It means you need to know JavaScript, though, and furthermore learn Observable’s quirks [1] and a plotting library. [1] https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/observables-not-javas...

Decipad has its own custom formula language geared towards our use cases (we’ve been testing the language with a small group). Right now, to share a notebook, you can generate a secret link. You don’t need to sign-up to view/read a notebook that someone shares. Here is a model on interest rates- https://alpha.decipad.com/n/Rising-interest-rates-and-AAPL-s... You should be able to view it. Are there any use cases you are thinking of?

We plan to make our documentation publicly available soon. Right now, we are focusing on enabling certain use cases.

Re: Decipad – Like Notion with problem-solving capabilities

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Post by valyagolev »

dscape wrote: post #46
valyagolev wrote: post #30

i wonder if it would be cool to have generalized "task" management in the form of embedded Prolog-like (basically make queries through unification)

Would love to know more. Learning prolog at uni was quite the experience, but don't really know how that could be used in our language. Happy to chat, join discord and we can talk about it. Here’s the link - https://discord.com/invite/HwDMqwbGmc

Thanks - I'll think about it a bit more and will join when I have something specific to say
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