[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":553},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-32905802":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":45,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":85,"maker_in_thread":261,"shape":271,"grid":275,"attempts":509,"same_week":514,"maker_shows":39,"maker_hidden":545,"reader_version":546,"card":547},"32905802","Figr.app","a multi-user, notepad style calculator (desktop app)","title","Show HN: Figr.app – a multi-user, notepad style calculator (desktop app)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.figr.app\u002F","figr.app","jklp",1663631838,2022,275,87,163,2570,7,"legend","productivity","notepad calculator","desktop_app",[21,24,25,26],"calculator app","multi-user calculator","desktop calculator","curious",-0.025,{"positive":18,"neutral":30,"mixed":31,"critical":32},26,5,8,46,{"execution":35,"idea":37,"design":40,"performance":41,"privacy":43,"pricing":44},{"positive":36,"critical":36},3,{"positive":38,"critical":39},1,2,{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":42,"critical":38},0,{"positive":42,"critical":38},{"positive":42,"critical":42},[42,42,31,42,42,42,42,36,36,31,36,38,31,36,42,42,36,36,31,38,36,38,36,36,36,38,42,38,36,38,36,36,36,31,38,36,36,31,36,31],"Hi all, just posting an update to my previous Show HN, where I announced a side-project I worked on which was a (web version) of a multi-user, notepad style calculator:\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=31817997\n\nAfter a couple of user requests (and having a good think about it) I decided to migrate the web UI to create a Mac and Windows desktop app. After using it a little bit, I feel this is a much better experience than the webapp, and reduces a lot of the friction if I wanted to run a few small calculations.\n\nYou can find the download links below:\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.figr.app\u002Fdownload\n\nFor co",{"problem":48,"audience":54,"pricing":54,"motivation":55,"time_to_build":54,"stack":59,"openness":82,"stage":83,"team_size":84},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Running quick calculations in a notepad-style format without the friction of a spreadsheet","maker",[52],{"id":53},"post",null,{"value":56,"source":50,"evidence":57},"Get back into coding after years in management",[58],{"id":53},[60,66,70,76],{"value":61,"source":50,"evidence":62},"React.js",[63],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"32906562","> This is great, I love local-first [1] software. Thanks! This was an intentional design decision on the desktop too so I'm glad someone noticed! > Are you using OT or CRDTs for…",{"value":67,"source":50,"evidence":68},"Electron",[69],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},{"value":71,"source":50,"evidence":72},"mathjs",[73],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},"32906581","Ah yeah I've had requests to support other characters though unfortunately quite a few of the calculations are passed through to mathjs, which has trouble supporting non latin…",{"value":77,"source":50,"evidence":78},"draft.js",[79],{"id":80,"by":11,"text":81},"32906453","Agree about the \"just type in text\" paradigm though I feel they suffer from the \"empty state\" problem. You can see I tried to mitigate with the \"blank sheet\" placeholder text,…","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":86,"objections":114,"requests":147,"questions":176,"alternatives":209},[87,107],{"value":88,"source":89,"evidence":90},"Clean, nice-looking UI and a good app overall","commenter",[91,95,99,103],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"32906029","IndigoIncognito","Ease of use + A nice UI + A dedicated application",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"32907167","bombtrack","I love apps like this. I currently use Numi daily for running financial-related tracking and scenarios. It has a few annoying UI quirks, so I'm super open for alternatives…",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"32906731","renewiltord","Cool app. Thank you!",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"32912022","lovetocode","this is super cool good work!",{"value":108,"source":89,"evidence":109},"Fast, lightweight calculation style that suits quick math",[110],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"32907138","for_i_in_range","Another thing: although I love excel, excel is slower. The startup is less snappy.",[115,122,129,140],{"value":116,"source":89,"evidence":117},"Excel-style sums and repeated rows are clunky compared to spreadsheets",[118],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"32911468","vinaypai","Congrats on building and launching your app. However, in my opinion, you need different examples to show the strengths of this app. A lot of the examples on your page look kinda…",{"value":123,"source":89,"evidence":124},"Currency conversion did not work",[125],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"32908978","krstffr","Hi, looks super cool! Just some quick feedback from the first things I tried in the app (which did not work). It has to do with currency conversion:…",{"value":130,"source":89,"evidence":131},"Not available outside Mac and Windows app stores; no Linux version",[132,136],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"32906223","webmobdev","Is it available for download somewhere other than the OS \"app stores\"?",{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"32905957","russianGuy83829","How hard would it be to create a Linux version?",{"value":141,"source":89,"evidence":142},"Slow startup compared to Numi",[143],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"32910008","88840-8855","It looks great. So far I have been using Numi and I can see a few advantages and disadvantages in both apps. Numi: + lightweight + very fast start - tabs are a paid feature Figr:…",[148,155,162,169],{"value":149,"source":89,"evidence":150},"Support for non-Latin characters such as Chinese",[151],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"32906414","derekhsu","Interesting idea and I like it. However, I just tried it and found it does not support Chinese. Would you like to add it as a new feature?",{"value":156,"source":89,"evidence":157},"Cross-platform sync and self-hosted sync",[158],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"32907938","easygenes","Ooh. I have used Soulver on iOS for nearly a decade now. Sadly, the developer has pulled it from the App Store for a long time, so I can’t point others to it. For me, Soulver has…",{"value":163,"source":89,"evidence":164},"Mobile version",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"32912900","metadat","Is there a mobile version in the plan? It'd be cool to have a notepad style TI-89 on steroids.",{"value":170,"source":89,"evidence":171},"Units and unit conversion, such as K\u002FM\u002FB suffixes and data sizes",[172],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"32910828","ksec","There is a few things I wanted but mostly missing in these type of calculators. More Units. K for Thousands, M for Million, B for Billion and T for Trillion. 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Built something similar recently called Calcutext: https:\u002F\u002Fcalcutext.com\u002F https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fjaredreich\u002Fcalcutext",{"comments":262,"answered":18,"key":263},13,[264,265,268],{"id":80,"text":81},{"id":266,"text":267},"32907542","Oh yeah completely agree. I've been working (on and off) on some designs embedding other non-text items into the sheet e.g. tables, graphs, etc. Still in the early phases but the…",{"id":269,"text":270},"32907554","I love Numi - it's a very beautifully designed app! 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