Data, analytics & spreadsheets

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• Wish it existed

  proc style file system for simlinks to user specific data

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  I always thought that there should be a proc style file system for simlinks to user specific data.

  Lerc · Oct 11, 2026in “The tilde in your PATH may not be your HOME”

• Wish it existed

  way to somehow feed the current view and generate a realistic 3D view, based on the real data from the same location to be as accurate as possible

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  But I think with advent of llm, there should be a way to somehow feed the current view and generate a realistic 3D view, based on the real data from the same location to be as accurate as possible.

  tamimio · Sep 28, 2026in “Show HN: Cartopolis, interactive globe-sized 3D world”

• Wish it existed

  way my agents could input my requirements and make calculations specific to my needs, since most of this data is in your db

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  I wish there was a way my agents could input my requirements and make calculations specific to my needs, since most of this data is in your db.

  hereme888 · Jul 19, 2026in “Show HN: Free car spec db to defeat the paywalls”

• Someone should build

  app to offload all your data to a personal cloud before going to the airport and then reload it into the phone after going through customs

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  Someone should make an app to offload all your data to a personal cloud before going to the airport and then reload it into the phone after going through customs

  gonzalohm · May 24, 2026in “CBP Directive 3340-049B: Border Search of Electronic Devices”

• Wish it existed

  open standard on the data for better interop

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  Each sport has such specifics I wish there was an open standard on the data for better interop.

  brianjlogan · May 11, 2026in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)”

• Wish it existed

  meaningful core standard for the data (the commits, PRs, workflows, etc)

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  but your overall point is extremely valid. lurching from garden to garden is just stupid for something so critical and core to the way software is developed. there should be a meaningful core standard for the data (the commits, PRs, workflows, etc).

  convolvatron · Apr 29, 2026in “We need a federation of forges”

• Wish it existed

  more information on which Google service(s) this data was pulled from

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  I wish there was more information on which Google service(s) this data was pulled from.

  AlexandrB · Feb 10, 2026in “Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number”

• Looking for

  visualizes code paths in this way

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  I want a tool that visualizes code paths in this way

  sambuccid · Jan 6, 2026in “enclose.horse”

• Wish it existed

  dashboard indicator or toggle to visually warn when the bot is just uncritically agreeing

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  > There should be a dashboard indicator or toggle to visually warn when the bot is just uncritically agreeing

  duskwuff · Jan 2, 2026in “Court report detailing ChatGPT's involvement with a recent murder suicide [pdf]”

• Wish it existed

  mandate to allow downloading all data on account closure from any service

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  There should be a mandate to allow downloading all data on account closure from any service.

  elondaits · Dec 13, 2025in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help”

• Wish it existed

  law forcing ride hailing apps to give anonymized ride data to local governments so that they can plan public transport better

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  There should be a law forcing ride hailing apps to give anonymized ride data to local governments so that they can plan public transport better.

  jadyoyster · Dec 8, 2025in “Uber is turning data about trips and takeout into insights for marketers”

• Wish it existed

  fat warning about uploading data from browser to a third party

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  Also, I really do think there should be a fat warning about uploading data from browser to a third party.

  Fnoord · Dec 2, 2025in “Mozilla's latest quagmire”

• Wish it existed

  minimum standard of care for private data

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  I guess if I try to distill my thoughts down, what I really mean is that there should be a minimum standard of care for private data.

  tavavex · Dec 1, 2025in “Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it”

• Why is there no

  universal + standard VoIP/data SMS-like message protocol

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  Why isn't there a universal + standard VoIP/data SMS-like message protocol?

  Bender · Nov 4, 2025in “Why isn't there a universal + standard VoIP/data SMS-like message protocol?”

• Why is there no

  universal + standard VoIP/data SMS-like message protocol

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  Why isn't there a universal + standard VoIP/data SMS-like message protocol?

  abcqwerty9876 · Nov 4, 2025in “Why isn't there a universal + standard VoIP/data SMS-like message protocol?”