Show HN: Create instant data back-ends for applications from spreadsheet data

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I like these things, the problem is that they all assume your spreadsheet is organized like an SQL table.

Organizing data in a spreadsheet as if it was an SQL table is not a good idea.

In one hand, if you're organized like that, you come up with a schema and follow it, why aren't you using SQL directly?

On the other hand, by using spreadsheets as tables you lose 80% of the spreadsheet's flexibility and powers.

I presume you are talking about formulas here?

Actually, it doesn't assume that ;)

While you'll generally have a set of rows with a (more or less) consistent set of columns, the parser is capable of detecting blocks within a sheet that have to be treated differently (i.e., they go into a different "table"). This is why we are looking for beta testers - we need more of these scenarios. Care to join?

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