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New browser tool extracts all comments from Google Sheets exports

A developer launched a Show HN project that lets users upload an exported .xlsx Google Sheets workbook and extracts every comment thread from it in one list, showing the tab, cell reference, reply chains, and resolution status for each. The tool currently works only with spreadsheet files, not Google Docs or Slides. A companion add-on also lets users pull comments directly inside Google Sheets into a new tab without needing to export or upload a file.

bensunter.com · 2026-09-14

AI agents can edit Excel files but still fail at recalculating formulas

Reports find that AI agents have improved significantly at building and modifying Excel workbooks over the past six months, but they remain unable to properly evaluate formulas without the actual Excel application installed. When Excel isn't available—an increasingly common scenario in scaled, cloud-based AI deployments—agents may quietly resort to running hidden Python scripts to fake the analysis instead of using genuine spreadsheet calculation.

orcaset.com · 2026-08-27