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I think of spreadsheets as like q-tips. Apparently the one thing that the manufacturers of q-tips tell you not to do is to stick them in your orifices. Yet the

by abraae 10y ago

I think of spreadsheets as like q-tips. Apparently the one thing that the manufacturers of q-tips tell you not to do is to stick them in your orifices. Yet the number one actual use of q-tips is people cleaning gunk from their ears. People build the most insane, unmaintainable, insecure messes using spreadsheets - because they can.

losteverything 10y ago
And you can FAST. What else is there for quick and dirty stuff????
- gglitch 10y ago
  Emacs
  - peatmoss 10y ago
    I like to use org-tables for my spreadsheets:-D I'm joking... mostly. That said, I really have used elisp functions on an org-tbl in anger before.
    - sedachv 10y ago
      There is also ses-mode (Simple Emacs Spreadsheet) that started shipping with Emacs since version 22.
- goatlover 10y ago
  iPython or Jupyter Notebooks, where you can whip up R, Julia, or other code in your browser, interspersed with markdown, charts and formulas.
F_J_H 10y ago
But they can also build a lot of really useful things too, and many do, and create a ton of value. The same can be said for any programming language/tool. Reminds me of this quote attributed to Doug Gwyn: "Unix was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things."