<story><title>Show HN: ImportDoc – Use the content from a Google Doc in any web page</title><url>https://importdoc.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>monkeydust</author><text>Also noticed this recently - whats driving this? Non-developers looking to prototype or build actual products without developer involvement? Democratisation of technology?</text></item><item><author>quickthrower2</author><text>I’m seeing so many google docs&amp;#x2F;sheets ideas on HN lately. Maybe there’s a new trend! This on, the database one and someone linked to one that turns it into an AppStore ready app!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rev12</author><text>I would say ease of use and cost. A friend of mine has been using Google Sheets for years to power some small bits of data on his website. Maintaining and running his site costs nothing but the domain since he uses Netlify for CI w&amp;#x2F;Github and hosting with Google Sheets for dynamic data.&lt;p&gt;His &amp;quot;credits&amp;quot; section and song list uses Google Sheets: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pontusrufelt.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pontusrufelt.com&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: ImportDoc – Use the content from a Google Doc in any web page</title><url>https://importdoc.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>monkeydust</author><text>Also noticed this recently - whats driving this? Non-developers looking to prototype or build actual products without developer involvement? Democratisation of technology?</text></item><item><author>quickthrower2</author><text>I’m seeing so many google docs&amp;#x2F;sheets ideas on HN lately. Maybe there’s a new trend! This on, the database one and someone linked to one that turns it into an AppStore ready app!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hanniabu</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a nice solution if you don&amp;#x27;t have any experience with a database. I know this has been my reason to use it in the past.</text></comment>