Show HN: Pane – An agent that edits spreadsheets

(paneapp.com)

21 points | by rbajp 8 hours ago ago

8 comments

  • rubenflamshep 4 hours ago

    I fell out of the funnel during the demo. Not sure if there was a browser issue but the video had no sound and watching spreadsheet navigation with no context left me completely lost as to what was happening.

    • rbajp 3 hours ago

      Super valuable feedback. Thank you! Will work on improving the demo.

  • ashwindharne 6 hours ago

    I'm building something similar, but as an Excel add-in instead of a standalone product.

    In real use-cases, it seems that by far the hardest part is figuring out the right representation for a spreadsheet workbook and the right primitives for the agent to be able to navigate it adeptly and cost-effectively; structure is incredibly variable and the data just compresses rather poorly (values, formulas, formatting, charts, pivots, etc.).

    Great stuff though, think we'll see a lot of movement in the space in the coming years!

    • rbajp 5 hours ago

      Agreed, there’s a few neat tricks that can get performance to increase significantly

  • smallerfish 6 hours ago

    What's your experience with the competition? I have never tried gemini in sheets, but don't you think google will get there soon if they're not already?

    • subpixel 4 hours ago

      Gemini in sheets is not that hot yet, but I think it's got hancuffs on to prevent people destroying their valuable work product.

      But if I ask Gemini to build be formulas and than just paste them into Google Sheets the results are pretty darn good.

  • SkyPuncher 6 hours ago

    How do you handle documents with Macros?

    • rbajp 3 hours ago

      Not implemented yet - they should be imported but will not be executed.