Inflex

Inflex® is a new creative digital workspace: powerful functional language (Haskell-inspired), rich data structures (no grid!), browser-based.

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Inflex is going in a new direction (https://t.co/8KEI299kt0). I put away our beefy cloud servers, no more SaaS. It's switching to being a desktop app (Windows, Linux, macOS) and will release a Linux version first. More blog posts to come.

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Started a discourse here:

https://t.co/iDB6aC1qn5

For documenting Inflex and starting a community feel.

(The previous one was hella expensive, but this one is way cheaper and can be run indefinitely.)

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Everything in Inflex is backed by source code, the single source of truth. Here you can edit a document as rich text, or as code. Most people won't touch the code, but that doesn't change its value!

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Upcoming: Rich text editing with cells embedded (text, numbers, tables, anything). Now you can tell a story with prose that reacts when the calculations or the data change. And you can change the cells from within the rich text, too.

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

@stevekrouse Not Inflex. His prototypes and talks are always thought provoking, though! Our bibliography is here: https://t.co/ogZfnA5xqn I do think it's nice to credit your direct inspirations.

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Up next: do you find yourself staring at your code wondering what it’s doing? We do. That’s why we’re adding step-by-step view for formulas of cells. Simple example:

add5(2 * 3)
(x: x + 5)(2 * 3)
(x: x + 5)(6)
6 + 5
11

More advanced version will be shown in a video later!

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Move cells around for a more free-form workspace. Arrows indicate the flow of data across cells. 🌈

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Chain transformations one at a time with convenient x.this().that().other() syntax!

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Update! Now you can try our sandbox for free without an account or subscribe for 10$ per month as a customer, with more features to come!

Try https://t.co/oZ7Q3K9MSV
Register https://t.co/9RI7ewWqTv 😃

#fp #tech #haskell #womenintech #saas

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

We’ve now got autocomplete for other cells and built-in functions. 👀

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Charts are first class things like anything else, so you can have a list of charts, no problem! 🔥🙌🏻

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Inflex understands Vega natively, so if you paste in a spec like this expenses_pie, and then call vega(expenses_pie), you get a chart! 😃👇🏾

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

@notquiteamonad Hi, yes, we’re currently moving things around, I plan on putting comprehensive documentation on the web site. For the time being I’ve written up some short notes for Haskellers looking to kick the tires https://t.co/8RAJViRNSb

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Here's our VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP killer! Functional programming. 😚👍 #haskell #spreadsheets

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Work in progress CSV import feature - it'll guess the types of fields (integer, decimal of n places, or text -- dates to come later!) and also nullability. Sometimes data is missing: explicit about it is important for honesty. ☝️

#haskell #types #spreadsheets

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

We're changing to an open beta (no early access request needed), you can register and try Inflex immediately for free for the duration of the beta https://t.co/8KEI298MDs We're still working on adding a few core features, stay tuned. #haskell #spreadsheets #fp

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@zark_khullah @elvecent_not @andrestaltz It's not open source at the moment. We might progress to open core. But when you're early on and self-funded like us it's a too heavy cost to support open source and also move fast on the tech. Let me (@christopherdone) add that to an FAQ on our homepage, thanks for asking.

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Use variants with hashtags like #employee or #contractor to specify choice in your data. 🪄 The traditional way of adding more columns to your table and trying to remember to fill in the appropriate fields doesn't help you avoid mistakes.
#spreadsheet #fp #tech #haskell

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

We've invited our first 70 people to the Beta version.
If you didn't sign up for early access this is the link: https://t.co/iMQ2fsl2ia

The invites will come by email from our discourse at https://t.co/gNd0GEyvvs

Looking forward to hearing your feedback 😀

#haskell #tech

[Inflex @InflexHQ]

Thanks, @marcoshuttle we are very pleased to hear that😀