Insights, tutorials, and updates from the team building the future of spreadsheet development.
Clinging to manual formula writing is a professional liability. It creates fragile, opaque spreadsheets that only you can understand. A visual formula builder is not a crutch for beginners; it is the necessary evolution of data logic. Stop prioritizing your ego over business efficiency.
Stop pretending you enjoy debugging nested formulas. The Visual Formula Builder transforms spreadsheet anxiety into actual productivity by removing the syntax struggle.
We launched Formula Foundry on Product Hunt on February 6, 2025, and the response blew us away. Ending the day in the top 30 products felt incredible, especially since we saw some of the highest engagement of any launch that day. By comments alone, we would have ranked around 4th, with thoughtful discussions, questions, and […]
Excel handles a lot of data work well, but building standout charts or keeping presentations in sync can take extra steps. The Power-user add-in addresses both with a solid library of advanced charts and smarter Excel-PowerPoint links. You insert charts faster, brand them consistently, and update linked objects without breaking connections. Many teams use Excel […]
XLOOKUP fixes many frustrations from VLOOKUP. It searches any column, returns values from left or right, handles missing matches cleanly, and defaults to exact matches. You avoid column index counting errors and direction limits. Formula Foundry makes this even easier with a visual builder in the sidebar. Fill fields, watch the formula build live, and […]
Formulas drive most work in Google Sheets, from simple sums to complex data pulls and calculations. Over 900 million people use Sheets monthly for reports, models, and analysis. The process of building and fixing those formulas is evolving quickly. By 2027, typing long strings of syntax and hunting parentheses could become rare for everyday tasks. […]
Google Sheets has always been about getting things done quickly, but in 2026, it’s moving toward something more natural: just asking questions about your data instead of building formulas from scratch. The Gemini sidebar lets you type plain English prompts right in the sheet, and it handles generating formulas, creating charts, spotting trends, or even […]
Google Sheets serves a wide range of users, with over 900 million people accessing it monthly for tasks from basic tracking to detailed reporting. Many of these users lack deep technical skills – they include marketers reviewing campaign data, managers monitoring team metrics, or operations staff checking inventory levels. No-code tools change this by enabling […]
VLOOKUP is handy for grabbing data from a table based on a key – like finding a price from a product ID. But it often trips people up with errors like #N/A or wrong returns, leading to endless searches for fixes. Formula Foundry simplifies this by turning it into a visual process in the sidebar. […]
Spreadsheets like Google Sheets are a staple for a lot of us – handling everything from simple lists to complex data models. Recent stats show over 900 million people using Google Sheets each month, up from previous years as more teams shift to cloud-based tools. But the manual side of things, like piecing together formulas […]
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