Re:XMLUI
by cluckindan on Sunday July 20, 2025 @01:44PM
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Let’s see an HTTP server in an Excel sheet.
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I didn’t check their claim, but https://github.com/michaelneu/webxcel:
“Webxcel creates a full-fledged RESTful web backend from your Microsoft Excel workbooks. It is written in 100% plain Visual Basic macros and comes with a lot of handy tools to help you build the next big thing.”
Re:XMLUI
by cluckindan on Sunday July 20, 2025 @03:47PM
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Ha! Sure beats the pure bash HTTP server. ;-)
That's a disingenuous take. You could write one, but it won't be allowed to connect to anything other than itself because Excel doesn't give it the network stack or IO it needs. Unless you use VBA, of course.
Re:XMLUI
by shortstuffsushi on Sunday July 20, 2025 @03:00PM
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Maybe just me but seeing side by side "spreadsheets are all you need" and ".ai" seem to be somewhat uh... competing claims.
It's a play on "Attention is all you need", the seminal AI paper.
The author of that website implemented GPT-2 inference on Excel
Fairly sure Excel can get access to the entire .NET runtime.
Plus, someone made a MOV only compiler, soon...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/client-developer/ex...
Calling user-defined functions (UDFs) from a worksheet is as simple as calling built-in functions: You enter the function via a cell formula.