Al Chen

Former Googler. Live and die in spreadsheets. Building solutions at Coda.io.

New York City Joined on Nov 23, 2018 https://coda.io/@atc

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Solutions Architect at Coda

Coda

Excel, VBA, Javascript, PHP

Javascript, Google Apps Script

Building templates for coda.io/gallery

31 posts published

23 comments written

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Al Chen for Coda

Mar 4 '22

10 features where Coda is 10X better than Notion in 2022

#discuss #coda #notion #productivity

19 min read

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Al Chen

Jan 15 '21

Analyze your Peloton workout stats with real-time updates (template and scripts)

#googleappsscript #peloton #python #javascript

14 min read

Al Chen

Nov 20 '20

Interviews with entrepreneurs and digital nomads from Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek

#productivity #books #career

1 min read

Al Chen

Oct 5 '20

How to build tasks dependencies with durations in Google Sheets, ClickUp, Monday, Wrike, SmartSheet, Notion, and Coda

#projectmanagement #productivity #tutorial

19 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Sep 4 '20

How to export and analyze Jira issues in Google Sheets vs. Coda

#coda #productivity #googlesheets #jira

8 min read

Al Chen

Aug 19 '20

How to extract data from tables in multiple Google Docs and combine into one table in Coda

#tutorial #automation #workflows

10 min read

Al Chen for Coda

May 4 '20

How to sync data from Coda to Google Sheets (and vice versa) with Google Apps Script tutorial

#googlesheets #coda #googleappsscript #tutorial

31 min read

Al Chen

Apr 13 '20

Dear Analyst #29: Working with dynamic array functions and formulas that spill

#excel #googlesheets #data #podcast

3 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Mar 11 '20

On mastering your tools

#discuss #productivity #programming #motivation

8 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Jan 28 '20

How Playing StarCraft Can Teach You About Startups and Life

#discuss #career #startup

10 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Jan 13 '20

5 Ways to Succeed As A New Remote Worker

#career #productivity #remotework

5 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Oct 24 '19

Simpler, cleaner, faster. Coda 2.0 is ready for your team.

#news #startup

5 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Oct 7 '19

Interview about being a remote worker on Remote Tools

#discuss #career #remotework #productivity

9 min read

Al Chen

Oct 2 '19

4 Reasons No-Code Hackathons Are The Best Type Of Hackathons

#nocode #inclusion #prototyping #hackathons

8 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Oct 1 '19

How to deploy Craft CMS with Postgres on Heroku

7 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Sep 10 '19

How I Stumbled Into Remote Work And Never Looked Back

#remote #career #productivity #remotework

6 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Jul 3 '19

Hacker Ethic from Building the ITS system in the 1960s

#discuss #computerscience

1 min read

Al Chen

Jun 10 '19

Review of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World

#discuss #programming #computerscience #writing

2 min read

Al Chen for Coda

May 21 '19

How to sync data between Coda docs (and Google Sheets) using Google Apps Script

#productivity #javascript #googlesheets #googleappsscript

17 min read

Al Chen

May 1 '19

Count the number of blank values in a range in Excel

#excel #productivity #tutorial

3 min read

Al Chen for Coda

May 13 '19

Future of Work: The Maker Generation

#makers #meetup #coda #producthunt

3 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Feb 15 '19

The overlooked benefit of no-code tools

#discuss #nocode #productivity #beginners

9 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Feb 6 '19

Coda 1.0 publicly available

#discuss #productivity #webdev

6 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Jan 31 '19

Why I Dislike Paste Special Values In Excel

#excel #database #automation #spreadsheets

9 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Jan 11 '19

Increasing Productivity By Opening Your Data with APIs

#api #saas #opensource #productivity

4 min read

Al Chen

Dec 21 '18

The hotness of O RLY Cover Generator

#discuss

1 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Dec 14 '18

How To Build A Live Audience Polling and Voting App

#productivity

10 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Dec 10 '18

How To Build a Product Plan Example or Roadmap

#productivity #programming #agile

9 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Dec 1 '18

I created Tim Ferriss' dreamlining and fear-setting exercises in Coda

#productivity #career

1 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Nov 26 '18

I Never Learned How To Code

#discuss #career #beginners

3 min read

Al Chen for Coda

Nov 28 '18

How To Choose Time-Tracking Software

#productivity #software #excel

6 min read

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