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Re: by ashwindharne on Monday January 12, 2026 @12:44PM (#46591742)
I'm building something similar, but as an Excel add-in instead of a standalone product.

In real use-cases, it seems that by far the hardest part is figuring out the right representation for a spreadsheet workbook and the right primitives for the agent to be able to navigate it adeptly and cost-effectively; structure is incredibly variable and the data just compresses rather poorly (values, formulas, formatting, charts, pivots, etc.).

Great stuff though, think we'll see a lot of movement in the space in the coming years!

Re: by rbajp on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:06PM (#46592006)
Agreed, there’s a few neat tricks that can get performance to increase significantly