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A practical roundup of tools that make building on Google Workspace less painful - from turning Sheets into APIs to cleaning Drive storage and the free utilities developers keep in their tabs.
What indie developers and solo founders actually use from Google Workspace - and the free tools that fill the gaps the official suite leaves open.
A practical guide to reading and writing Google Sheets data from React and Next.js - the patterns developers actually reach for, without the OAuth overhead.
A practical JavaScript guide to reading and writing Google Sheets data - no service account setup, no OAuth flow, no Google SDK. Just fetch().
r/webdev and r/learnprogramming regularly debate whether Google Sheets is a legitimate database. The real answer depends on what you're building - here's the honest breakdown.
Google Sheets as a CMS keeps coming up in developer communities for good reason - it's free, non-technical editors already know it, and with the right API layer it actually works.
Google Sheets as a backend is a real pattern used by indie devs, agencies, and internal tools teams. Here's an honest look at when it's the right call - and when you'll regret it.
Developers on r/webdev, r/learnprogramming, and r/googleworkspace regularly debate how to turn a Google Sheet into an API. Here's what actually works in 2025.
When your Google Drive hits the storage limit, the usual advice doesn't cut it. Here's the systematic approach developers and power users actually use to reclaim space.
Apps Script works - until it doesn't. Here's an honest breakdown of the alternatives developers actually reach for, based on what comes up repeatedly in dev communities.
A no-nonsense comparison of free options for turning Google Sheets into an API - what's actually free, what has hidden limits, and what developers reach for on real projects.