Show HN: Tablemd – canvas-based Markdown table editor

10 pointsposted 2 days ago
by albert-yu

8 Comments

HarshitDoshi

a day ago

Love this! With integrations to 3rd-party data sources (like AirTable, Google Sheets, Databases, Notion, etc.), this can be a very useful product, especially for use with LLMs.

The trackpad calibration on my MacBook Air is almost okay, just a tad bit too slow/rigid to move around.

albert-yu

15 hours ago

Thank you for trying it out! Noted on the trackpad--I'll make some adjustments to make it snappier.

Funny you mention the integrations, since this started out as a spreadsheet project. I then ran into UX problems of how to toggle between the cell source and the result without shifting the layout too much. I'm sure there's a solution to this, but I just haven't figured it out yet.

jasonjmcghee

17 hours ago

Agreed. My guess would be to make the pan ~2-3x as fast.

albert-yu

11 hours ago

I doubled the pan rate, which seems to make the experience better!

jasonjmcghee

8 hours ago

Instructional table + acceleration helps a lot with the demo!

pdyc

a day ago

interesting. Instead of blank canvas may be have some sample table it would be easier to start. it took me sometime to figure out how it works.

albert-yu

15 hours ago

Thank you! Shouldn't be too hard to add some sample table data on first-time load.

jasonjmcghee

17 hours ago

Bump - probably a table with instructions.

"Edit me by selecting and typing!"