chux52

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Comment · 2 days ago
What’s a watch to do things like this that might not have this many hoops to jump through?
Comment · 2 months ago
As a spreadsheet user first, this just reads as programmer prefers programming.

Many times the spreadsheet is a collaborative document. One way to use spreadsheets is you use it for a number of iterations, get your outcome quickly, let stakeholders give feedback and adjust the approach. Then once it becomes stable, then you turn it into a database/app/script. Errors in spreadsheets are obvious to more users than errors in code because your work is shown, not hidden.

Taking a csv file and writing bash is not the answer. If you are doing that, you should probably get back to work/research.

Comment · 3 months ago
I had this same book, only made it to chapter 3 or so (making an OK button) is how I remember it.

Ended up in Accounting, dabbled with Python and now back to programming with Cursor/Claude.

It did get me just far enough so I could see that computers were complicated but not actually magic and like you did change my life.

Comment · 3 months ago
As a notetaker who likes new apps, but has tried them all, I was impressed by this.

Your version reminds me of OneNote when it was new and good and not horrible. Being able to place your notes where you want them is such a radical concept.

The features you have are simple and the idea of stacking notes is really cool and don't think I've seen that done before.

Comment · 4 months ago
Yes, I had to start using more fable to not waste all that usage by Sunday and figured I broke it myself.
Comment · 6 months ago
Even if data centers are the bottleneck, aren't they scarce for everyone in your scenario?
Comment · 6 months ago
How do the OpenAI models/reasoning effort map to Fast, Standard, Heavy in the add-in?
Comment · 7 months ago
Seemed a bit off, but I’m no designer. Thanks for the tip.
Comment · 7 months ago
Definitely not. If you see a mistake please submit feedback. It’s free, let’s keep the quality bar a bit lower
Comment · 7 months ago
Comment · 8 months ago
How does the git part work if you are always fighting github authentication. It's git only, not github?
Comment · 9 months ago
I hit show my recommendations and it didn't return anything. Not sure if you need to be signed up for that to work or not.
Comment · 9 months ago
Would definitely try this out, but am Windows only.

Tried to create something like this but the best I got was a bookmarklet to copy the chat text. Ended up just exporting data and using that method for a one time pull.

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