Matrices
Data
data exploration and visualization
SHOW HN2023
8points
5comments
#2,671of 3,109 in 2023
Top 86%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Performance: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast and responsive with large datasets, faster than Google Sheets
From 3 comments
This is wicked fast - one of the biggest problems with Google sheets is dealing with large datasets
cdr_fyi on HNThis is impressive -- Google sheets stalls out for me all the time with data sets that are pretty small, all things considered. What was your trick for making it so much faster…
bake on HNThis is cool! (how’d you get that domain?) Kind of like gist for data exploration. Super refreshing to be able jump right in — it feels like every tool is behind a “talk to…
willium on HN
No login or signup needed to try it
From 1 comment
This is cool! (how’d you get that domain?) Kind of like gist for data exploration. Super refreshing to be able jump right in — it feels like every tool is behind a “talk to…
willium on HN
Objections
Scatter plots slow down around 100k points; sampling is used
From 1 comment
Thanks! Domain was an opportune buy off Flippa. It wasn't really being used for anything and the seller wanted to get rid of it. > What are you using for the charts? 100k points…
calvinfo on HN
Data is not editable, works best with same-type columns
From 1 comment
A couple of things that really help... Matrices isn't editable (sort of by design) and works best for columns that are all of the same type. It then uses arrow for fast in-memory…
calvinfo on HN
Questions
What charting library is used
From 1 comment
This is cool! (how’d you get that domain?) Kind of like gist for data exploration. Super refreshing to be able jump right in — it feels like every tool is behind a “talk to…
willium on HN
What makes it faster than Google Sheets in the browser
From 1 comment
This is impressive -- Google sheets stalls out for me all the time with data sets that are pretty small, all things considered. What was your trick for making it so much faster…
bake on HN
Alternatives named
Google Sheets
From 2 comments
This is impressive -- Google sheets stalls out for me all the time with data sets that are pretty small, all things considered. What was your trick for making it so much faster…
bake on HNThis is wicked fast - one of the biggest problems with Google sheets is dealing with large datasets
cdr_fyi on HN