I built a mini PowerBI for tech comps with no dev experience with Codex

Name: I built a mini PowerBI for tech comps with no dev experience with Codex
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Author: muhneesh

by muhneesh·Mar 9, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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PowerBI-lite for tech comps, but Crunchbase and PitchBook do this better with more data.

Strengths

•Polished dashboard UI with multiple chart types (scatter, ranked bars, distribution, quadrants) and real filtering.
•Rule of 40 framework built-in, addressing specific investor concern about SaaS unit economics.
•No-code buildout with Codex shows accessibility, though it's a personal achievement rather than a product differentiator.

Weaknesses

•Fixed universe of 97 tech companies with hourly refresh limits depth vs. Bloomberg, Crunchbase, or PitchBook.
•No competitive advantage over free Google Finance screening, Seeking Alpha, or YCharts for the same metrics.

Post Description

Built The Matrix, a mini PowerBI-style app for tracking public tech comps.

It covers a fixed universe of consumer and enterprise tech companies, refreshes hourly, and includes a sortable coverage table, Rule of 40 / valuation views, a Playground for custom charts, company drilldowns, and exports. Metrics include EV / Revenue, Rule of 40, EBITDA, gross margin, capex, and SBC.

I had no prior app-building experience and built it with Codex. Curious what HN thinks is actually useful here.