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Vaslo
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Launch HN: Neptyne (YC W23) – A programmable sprea...
Very cool but what's to stop Microsoft from doing this in Excel and making it instantly integrated into the software that millions of us already use?
noisy_boy
on Feb 16, 2023
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Excel -> Alt+F12 -> Embedded VSCode Python editor
pbreit
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Microsoft already has an identical offering (VBScript in Excel) so we can all see how good Microsoft is at developing such a thing.
etothepii
on Feb 16, 2023
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The not built here bias is very strong. It would almost certainly be cheaper to buy Neptyne than to rebuild.
maphew
on Feb 17, 2023
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Nothing, however they've had a couple decades to do that and haven't.
hiccuphippo
on Feb 16, 2023
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In that case, mission accomplished.
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