andysinclair

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Developer, husband and father to two beautiful daughters.

Excel Price Feed Add-in: https://www.excelpricefeed.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/andsinc

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Comment · 13 days ago
Thought I would write a quick blog post on my first encounter with an AI agent in the wild. The first of many I presume...
Comment · 10 months ago
Looks really good, will try it.

What is your revenue split, tip vs non tips? I've always wondered if putting a tip button on a free app could generate significant income.

Comment · 10 months ago
I am still using my ancient Pioneer plasma and dreading the day it dies.

Any recommendations for a ≈42 inch dumb screen replacement for when that day arrives?

Comment · 1 year ago
and there is Copilot for Edge which no one uses.

It can also summarize pages, scale recipes etc.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 3 years ago
He’s saying that the spreadsheet represents the “picture” of the cat in terms of pixels and RGB values etc.

The algorithm/workers are not really “looking” at a picture of a cat, they are analysing and looking for patterns in the data that defines the picture of the cat.

Comment · 3 years ago
What did you use to write the installer, and how do you determine if the targeted version of Excel is 32 or 64 bit?

I've built an Excel-DNA based Add-in (https://www.excelpricefeed.com/) and distribute it via an installer built using Advanced Installer. It works well, the only real pain point is the the user has to find out which version of Excel they have installed in order to choose the correct download (32 or 64 bit).

Comment · 3 years ago
Do you know if this item from the Microsoft 365 roadmap would stop Add-ins (xll files) like this from working?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filter...

I also have a vested interest as one of my software products is an xll Add-in. Any further details from Microsoft would be most welcome, thanks.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
I had to check the date of the article to make sure it wasn't April 1.
Comment · 5 years ago
$1 billion valuation and $25m in funding for a database and 30 prototype orbs (aka cameras which can scan an eyeball).

The world has gone mad.

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