Publisheet
Web and SaaS
spreadsheet publishing
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
6 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 10 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 2 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, well-made UI
From 3 comments
This looks sleek and well-made! However, this is a pretty crowded space. Spreadsheet Converter (https://www.spreadsheetconverter.com) and Spreadsheet Web…
davidpolberger on HNCool idea! Clean and simple UI.
vaibhav228 on HNLove your logo!
mikeintosh on HN
Simple to install and use, no .exe needed, works in Excel Online
From 1 comment
When I started Publisheet, the idea was that it would allow users to create static, web-based reports from their spreadsheets, including textual information that would be written…
tiagoalves on HN
Objections
Crowded space with established competitors
From 1 comment
This looks sleek and well-made! However, this is a pretty crowded space. Spreadsheet Converter (https://www.spreadsheetconverter.com) and Spreadsheet Web…
davidpolberger on HN
Firms won't send confidential data to a third-party hosted service
From 2 comments
This is amazing, but there is no way that my firm will send any excels with our data to a relatively small and unknown third-party provider who will host it on a public URL. Are…
slowmotiony on HNYou are definitely right, but there are practical issues. I have a very tight budget that never lets me invest in new tools. Our team has learned (well as much as you can learn)…
Vaslo on HN
Performance fails with large datasets
From 2 comments
Really nice, tried with a chart and worked smoothly. Just for fun: would be nice to know max publishing - I just tried 1k * 30 columns and it errored out. I wanted to see how I…
boldslogan on HNThis looks really nice but I'd like to see a more complex example with several complex functions and updating at least 500 fields at the same time. Then we see how fast it is...
mac_was on HN
Requests
On-site or self-hosted version
From 2 comments
This is amazing, but there is no way that my firm will send any excels with our data to a relatively small and unknown third-party provider who will host it on a public URL. Are…
slowmotiony on HNI wonder if there is a self hosted version of any of this stuff...
WrtCdEvrydy on HN
Google Sheets version
From 2 comments
Any chance of a Google Sheets version?
abdhass on HNCould this be done via a Google sheet?
donclark on HN
Support for large data sets
From 1 comment
Really nice, tried with a chart and worked smoothly. Just for fun: would be nice to know max publishing - I just tried 1k * 30 columns and it errored out. I wanted to see how I…
boldslogan on HN
Questions
How does it improve on competitors?
From 1 comment
This looks sleek and well-made! However, this is a pretty crowded space. Spreadsheet Converter (https://www.spreadsheetconverter.com) and Spreadsheet Web…
davidpolberger on HN
What use case does it serve?
From 1 comment
what use case would this serve?
dlphn___xyz on HN
Alternatives named
Google Sheets web publishing
From 2 comments
Not necessarily exactly like this but Google Sheet does web publishing of sheets.
webwanderings on HNWhy not just share or publish a locked Google sheet?
Seahawkshacker on HN
Spreadsheet Converter and Spreadsheet Web
From 1 comment
This looks sleek and well-made! However, this is a pretty crowded space. Spreadsheet Converter (https://www.spreadsheetconverter.com) and Spreadsheet Web…
davidpolberger on HN
Calculoid, Calconic, uCalc Pro, Calcapp
From 1 comment
This looks sleek and well-made! However, this is a pretty crowded space. Spreadsheet Converter (https://www.spreadsheetconverter.com) and Spreadsheet Web…
davidpolberger on HN