Google Apps Script
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
1warn against
Nov 25, 2025first mention
Jul 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Have even gotten better with add-on like AppScript and the rest.”
“more complex stuff can be automated quite well with AppsScript”
Caveats and dissent
“I'm dealing with the same and a lot of users are impacted”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- The difference between "today's task" and "accretive work" 1 mention
- Ask HN: Best way to escalate critical GAS bug ignored by Google 1 mention
- Cal.com is going closed source 1 mention
- item 47180603 1 mention
- Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native 1 mention
- I built a Google Sheets add-on for a client to automate Drive folder creation 1 mention
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All comments 8
“Have even gotten better with add-on like AppScript and the rest.”
“I'm dealing with the same and a lot of users are impacted”
“runs on google app scripts”
“that uses Google Apps Script”
“more complex stuff can be automated quite well with AppsScript”
Hi HN, Foldernest started as part of a Google Workspace consulting project for a client who needed a reliable way to create structured Google Drive folders from spreadsheet data and form submissions. During onboarding, their team was manually creating the same folder trees for every new project (contracts, assets, reports, deliverables). It was repetitive, inconsistent, and easy to mess up. I built a Google Sheets ad
“using App Script and Typescript”
“Runs on Google Apps Script (no server needed)”