Ask HN: Would you use Excel to release your new algorithm?
I have been working for a while now, with a good friend of mine, on a data mining algorithm (decision tree) that has some pretty cool features. It is fast, robust, very accurate and parameterless. We didn&#x27;t know where to start using it so we thought an Excel addin might do the job. We haven&#x27;t launched yet but we are going to do it soon. Excel is for us a tool that we use on a daily basis among other data mining tools and seemed to require a lot less investment in time and money to begin with. So I know we are probably not following the optimal path for making this algorithm available to a wide range of users but do you think Excel is a dead end? Any suggestions are more than welcome.