Summary
Industry
Media & Entertainment
Use Case
Data Grid Performance Engineering
Platform
Web Application
Technology Stack
ReactJS, Handsontable, HyperFormula, Web Workers
Client
NDA
About the client
humaniseAI’s Talent team partnered with a leading provider of production accounting software and payroll SaaS for the film, broadcasting, and media industries, whose platform is used by major studios and broadcasters. The client wanted to simplify complex film budgeting for its own users, replacing rigid forms with something that felt as flexible as a spreadsheet.
The challenge
The brief asked for spreadsheet flexibility with strict performance limits.
Needed an exceptional, Excel-like UI/UX for budgeting teams
Calculations had to complete in under 5 seconds, even at scale
Formula outputs had to stay accurate across complex dependencies
Off-the-shelf spreadsheet tools didn’t fit cleanly out of the box
Any lag or miscalculation risked the client’s standing with its own studio customers
What we did
humaniseAI’s Talent team tested and iterated its way to a workable formula engine.
Evaluated Hyperformula’s fit through hands-on testing, not just documentation
Ran the build through daily scrums and iterative design sprints
Offloaded formula calculations to Web Workers to keep the UI responsive
Built with Handsontable and Hyperformula for true Excel-like formulas
Reviewed progress with the client through regular demos, not just at handoff
Results
Faster Than Target: Cut calculation times to under 3 seconds, beating the 5-second brief
Responsive Interface: Users can sort, edit, and see updates with no visible lag
Excel-Like Formulas: Familiar formula logic made the tool easy for teams to adopt
Modular Codebase: Reusable components made the system easier to extend
No UI Freezing: Background processing kept the interface smooth under load
Takeaway
humaniseAI’s Talent team turned a strict five-second brief into a sub-three- second build, without the interface ever locking up under load.