Grist
Productivity
spreadsheet
SHOW HN2020
27points
23comments
#1,464of 3,028 in 2020
Top 49%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Liked the UI and linking between records
From 2 comments
Grist contributor here - I got onboard 3 years ago right after Dmitry made a demo to me. What truly impressed me right from the beginning was the UI and how easy it was to build…
cpindat on HNFounder here :) While working at Google years ago, I co-founded a nonprofit for math enrichment classes. I ran it in my spare time, using Google Sheets, until the spreadsheet…
dsagal on HN
Python functions and SQLite make it more powerful than Airtable or Notion
From 1 comment
Great tool guys. I've been dreaming of such a flexible but convenient tool. The existing tools like Airtable, Coda or Notion are good up to certain point, but allowing Python…
ralphilius on HN
Objections
Per-column formulas confuse users used to Excel
From 2 comments
For formulas: could it be that Grist formulas are per-column rather than per-cell? This can take a little getting used to, but we think it leads to neater spreadsheets, and there…
paulfitz on HNAh, this explains a lot, sorry for the confusion. It's an uphill battle to make folks drop their ingrained Excel habits, though.
throwawaybutwhy on HN
Formulas and editing glitches reported
From 1 comment
Paul, Dmitry, thanks for the link, the idea of an SQLite-backed spreadsheet with Python for computations looks quite enticing. Right now, the spreadsheet is unworkable (formulas…
throwawaybutwhy on HN
Not really a spreadsheet
From 1 comment
love it but it's no spreadsheet
hurricaneditka on HN
Requests
Import SQLite files
From 1 comment
That is cool. I have so many projects with sqlite but all on my local machine. Is it possible to import an sqlite ? Also could you help understand what happens behind the scenes…
samblr on HN
Full Python library support in hosted version
From 2 comments
Hey guys, Instead of me trying to put together Jupyter and this can I just use Python in Grist like use the Pandas and everything else? Combining this plus the magic of Jupyter…
ramon on HNWhen running locally, you can use whatever you like, pandas or anything else, which is fun (we've experimented with some options for Jupyter integration ourselves). In our hosted…
paulfitz on HN
Questions
Is the storage a SQLite table per table?
From 1 comment
>> Grist tables are literally SQLite tables. So whenever a new form/table is created, is it getting stored within a sqlite table on your backend ?
samblr on HN
Why open source?
From 1 comment
What made you decide to go open source?
mritchie712 on HN
Alternatives named
Airtable
From 2 comments
Finally we have good alternatives to Airtable coming out! I'm really liking where this is going.
ttsda on HNGreat tool guys. I've been dreaming of such a flexible but convenient tool. The existing tools like Airtable, Coda or Notion are good up to certain point, but allowing Python…
ralphilius on HN
Coda
From 1 comment
Great tool guys. I've been dreaming of such a flexible but convenient tool. The existing tools like Airtable, Coda or Notion are good up to certain point, but allowing Python…
ralphilius on HN
Notion
From 1 comment
Great tool guys. I've been dreaming of such a flexible but convenient tool. The existing tools like Airtable, Coda or Notion are good up to certain point, but allowing Python…
ralphilius on HN
Jupyter
From 1 comment
Hey guys, Instead of me trying to put together Jupyter and this can I just use Python in Grist like use the Pandas and everything else? Combining this plus the magic of Jupyter…
ramon on HN
Excel and Google Sheets
From 2 comments
Ah, this explains a lot, sorry for the confusion. It's an uphill battle to make folks drop their ingrained Excel habits, though.
throwawaybutwhy on HNFounder here :) While working at Google years ago, I co-founded a nonprofit for math enrichment classes. I ran it in my spare time, using Google Sheets, until the spreadsheet…
dsagal on HN