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spreadsheet backend api
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
6 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 10 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 4 for, 8 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quick internal tools and prototypes
From 2 comments
Unless your company uses GSuite, then this can be a great tool to quickly put together small internal tools.
sbarre on HNThis is what I did for a webpage I made about books I read. Just have to add a row to the sheet to update the page. Also I should read more books.…
mnky9800n on HN
Objections
Dependence on Google Sheets API limits and possible discontinuation
From 3 comments
I'm totally expecting from Google to discontinue, restrict or change the API for Google Sheets at one point. It will likely be in the moment when it's hardest for you to timely…
miopa on HNNice side project but risky to consider for commercial product. With google restricting access to its API, it is unreliable to use a free product for commercial purposes.
geeku on HNI think the idea is solid but the reliance on Google (or other provider) might be the weak point. The cloud may be great but still a gamble if you're totally at the whim of a…
close04 on HN
Sheets has weak database features like constraints and rate limits
From 2 comments
At our company, we use an ETL script to suck all our Google sheets into MySQL then we run queries for reporting. It's pretty nice, we'll probably open source it. The worst part…
fulldecent2 on HNI have been doing this for a year or so using the python libraries. Created lookup calls etc. The only issue in large sheets is sometimes you get time outs. The setup of the…
anthony_barker on HN
Requests
Support for NextCloud/OwnCloud backends
From 1 comment
Looking at the code, it seems tightly coupled to Google's offerings: just for fun, it'd be nice to have it run against NextCloud/OwnCloud. Sure, if you host those, you might as…
necovek on HN
Clarify read/write and row limits
From 2 comments
Looks neat! Questions: - Do updates show immediately (for both directions)? - What are the limits of read/write queries? - What are the limits of rows? - Can I use formulas in…
badestrand on HN- Do updates show immediately (for both directions)? Yes, changes are apparent immediately. - What are the limits of read/write queries? The details are mentioned on…
shivensinha4 on HN
Questions
How are updates synced and how are data types handled
From 2 comments
Looks neat! Questions: - Do updates show immediately (for both directions)? - What are the limits of read/write queries? - What are the limits of rows? - Can I use formulas in…
badestrand on HNHow is the type handling? Everything is converted to JSON over the API, so it's all just text and numbers.
onion2k on HN
What is the performance and are there user caps
From 2 comments
What is the performance of this?
_Codemonkeyism on HNisn't there like a google sheets user cap that severely limits this for production?
w_s_l on HN
Alternatives named
Sheetsu and Sheety
From 1 comment
https://sheetsu.com https://sheety.co (No pricing)
rhardih on HN
Airtable
From 2 comments
How does this compare to Airtable?
jonny_eh on HNAT is my go to solution for quick database needs for prototyping. very simple to share “auto created” documentation for external devs to connect via its marvelous api. plus 1200…
lucasverra on HN
Tabletop library with Google Form
From 1 comment
You can do this for free today using open source libraries. https://www.levels.fyi/comp.html used to run entirely on a Google Form + Spreadsheet and still backed by one. Submit…
Zaheer on HN
Glide
From 1 comment
ah like glideapp.io but more cross platform!
aznpwnzor on HN