More interesting cell types

[mike-hogan]

Rather than adding number and date next, maybe do some of the more interesting cell types. Number and date are very similar to string, so we will learn more (possibly) by doing the ones that are most different. Some examples:

• [ ] Image - upload an image, have it stored, see a thumbnail in the cell, click to see the full thing.
• [ ] OCR of image, given an image cell, do OCR of it and present the text
• [ ] String template - given other (text) cells, run a given template and present the resulting text
• [ ] ChatGPT - given a text cell, issue its contents to ChatGPT, and present the response

If these cell types were available, it would be possible to quickly assemble an expense app:

• Drop image of receipt into Image call
• OCR of the receipt happens in the next cell
• ChapGPT prompt to find the price from the receipt text gets created in the next cell, using a string template
• ChatGPT executes the prompt and presents the result
• After that, who knows

It's unlikely that this will be 100% accurate due to the imprecision of OCR and the hallucinations ChapGPT sometimes has, but it would be a great prove point for the value of cozemble as an "app fabric".

[mike-hogan]

Some other interesting scenarios:

1. Fetch stripe customer details from email address:

   • one text cell will contain the email address
   • The Stripe Customer Pull cell will use the email value in that call, fetch the customer details, and put the return fields in other named cells

Alternatively, Stripe Customer Push could do the opposite

2. Generate a document

   • This cell type should generate a google document, or a word document
   • It will process a source google document or word document for template values
   • And assemble the necessary data
   • Then create a new google document or word document by mashing the data thru the template
   • Ideally done via an api call to a separate document generation service

[mike-hogan]

Am closing this issue because it is too generic and aspirational. We will get to these things as they emerge as needs.