<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: robbiejs</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=robbiejs</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:44:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=robbiejs" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am working on SpreadsheetPreview.com, a subscription service that gives you PNG previews of your uploaded spreadsheet (xlxs files).<p>On the server it opens a headless browser, where it converts the XLXS format to OGF (Open Grid Format), which is then rendered by DataGrid Toolkit, the engine behind DataGridXL v4. It then takes a screenshot of this render and sends it back to the requester.<p>Try out a few renders at <a href="https://spreadsheetpreview.com" rel="nofollow">https://spreadsheetpreview.com</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:18:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094033</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094033</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48094033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am working on a browser plugin that lets you edit Supabase database tables just like Excel, until it's ready. Then you switch to the main branch and the tables will be read only</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 05:40:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45872799</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45872799</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45872799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Agree!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44813760</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44813760</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44813760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am working on a platform called ikverdienbeter.nl (i deserve better) that educates people on recognizing healthy behaviour and healthy boundaries. I take snippets from popular tv, like dating shows, and mark the "red flags" on a timeline. For instance: "here at time 1:05 you see the woman gaslight the man. Gaslighting means [...]".<p>Using AI for auto subtitles and actor matching. Will build some auto deploy fragment to social media as well. I think these short fragments will do well op TikTok.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:52:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44705059</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44705059</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44705059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well not really obscure, but some want formulas, some want advanced filters, grouping/pivoting. Nothing that's not done before but you don't want to say yes to all these things as the product will lose its core identity and strength.<p>So I will release my new data grid component based on my own toolkit, and if people want tweaks or "add these features", I will demonstrate them the toolkit.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:25:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704828</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704828</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am working on DataGrid Toolkit. Based on my experiences building and selling (Excel like) data grids, people always look for your data grid, "but can it do this"? With DataGrid Toolkit, a developer can choose his own building blocks/modules and make a more Excel-like data grid, or make a more DataTables style traditional paginated table. The toolkit is headless and stateless by design and comes with different renderers. Canvas, html or some hybrid. It is written in Typescript and the data store is in Rust/Webassembly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:03:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704671</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704671</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "3K free SVG icons for popular brands"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Very nice, nice set of constraints!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:51:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41599762</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41599762</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41599762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Tailwind CSS vs. Pico CSS (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think this website is beautiful in its simplicity</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 07:27:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41538118</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41538118</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41538118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: Who's building an AI-free product?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>DataGridXL, an Excel-like data grid for JavaScript. The manual Excel-like step is not going anywere soon is my estimate. <a href="https://datagridxl.com" rel="nofollow">https://datagridxl.com</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:16:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41376851</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41376851</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41376851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "CSS Grid Areas"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What a brilliant blog. Author puts a lot of love in it, that's clear! Thanks for sharing, read the whole thing. Made me feel kinda stupid for not using CSS Grid more... ;-)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:34:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41264439</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41264439</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41264439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Memory of Niall Crosby (Founder AG Grid)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://blog.ag-grid.com/in-memory-of-niall-crosby/">https://blog.ag-grid.com/in-memory-of-niall-crosby/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41165016">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41165016</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:05:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://blog.ag-grid.com/in-memory-of-niall-crosby/</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41165016</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41165016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Show HN: I created this land use visualisation for the Netherlands"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Beautiful work</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:14:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40607113</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40607113</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40607113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Show HN: I built a backend so simple that it fits in a YAML file"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cool project, it speaks to me! And I dig the emojis.<p>I like the chain able queries, like:<p>```
const cats = await manifest
  .from('cats')
  .where('breed = siamese')
  .andWhere('active = true')
  .andWhere('birthDate > 2020-01-01')
  .find()
```<p>What is it inspired by?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:41:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40546641</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40546641</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40546641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "A long list of (advanced) JavaScript questions, and their explanations"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Love it! Thanks for sharing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 21:17:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40383309</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40383309</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40383309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Show HN: I built a math website the internet loved, I'm back with more features"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hey OP,<p>Love the headline. Very confident ;-)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 11:41:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40365564</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40365564</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40365564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "I asked 100 devs why they aren't shipping faster. Here's what I learned"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a very interesting article, thank you for the research!<p>I am very happy to work solo to prevent as much of these things as possible.<p>Everyone is using Typescript these days it seems instead of plain JavaScript but the 10 seconds + compile times and the extra layers in debugging make it a pain for me instead of a benefit. So I am using ES6 with Rollup. Rollup is great and my only dev dependency really. However great it is, if one day I could do without, I would :-)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:24:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149880</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149880</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40149880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Hardest problem in computer science: centering things"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What a beautiful website and what a fun read! Thanks for sharing!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:49:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40081111</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40081111</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40081111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Show HN: A JavaScript library for data visualization in both SVG and Canvas"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Excellent work!<p>Like you said, there exists many chart libs out there already... Hope you find a way to sell and keep working on your product!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:54:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40038854</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40038854</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40038854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Ask HN: What non-AI products are you working on?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Neat idea!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:38:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39833642</link><dc:creator>robbiejs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39833642</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39833642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by robbiejs in "Show HN: Dropflow, a CSS layout engine for node or <canvas>"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>DataGridXL is used by 10 million end users. It's tested on all kinds of devices and browser combinations.<p>Browsers can handle AND update really large DOMs, but they still choke on doing all of these actions (repaint, reflow) WHILE SCROLLING, which is a different game.</p>
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