# ianand/spreadsheets-are-all-you-need

Repository: https://github.com/ianand/spreadsheets-are-all-you-need
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spreadsheets-are-all-you-need
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-06-18T15:28:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 8, longevity 76
- inputs: {"age_days": 1075, "days_push": 76, "days_rel": 662, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1622, forks 226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.534564+00:00)

## What it is
A project that implements the forward pass of GPT-2 entirely in Excel using standard spreadsheet functions, letting non-developers explore how transformers work. It also includes browser-based AI-powered spreadsheet notebooks that blend spreadsheets with Python-notebook-style workflows.

## Use cases
- learn how GPT-2 and transformers work under the hood
- teach deep learning concepts without writing code
- run AI-powered spreadsheet notebooks in the browser
- summarize CSV order data with AI in a spreadsheet
- explore LLM internals with minimal abstractions
- fetch data from an API inside a spreadsheet notebook

## When to choose
- you want an interactive, visual way to understand transformer internals
- you are teaching ML concepts to non-developers
- you want AI-assisted spreadsheet workflows without installing anything

## When to avoid
- you need a production LLM inference or training tool
- you need programmatic access to GPT-2 weights or code
- you need a full-featured notebook environment like Jupyter

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: data-science, machine-learning, csv
- domain: education, machine-learning, deep-learning, large-language-models, data-science
- platform: browser, windows, cross-platform
- tags: spreadsheet-notebook, gpt2, transformer-education, excel, ai-notebook, no-code, education, macos

## Member repositories
- ianand/spreadsheets-are-all-you-need (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.534564+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:48:59.576944+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ianand/spreadsheets-are-all-you-need (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.534564+00:00, sha 8c2f7b602bf4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.