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Isn't this just a programming problem? Build an application that accepts the data, produces the result, and has a GUI for managing all exceptions? I've build
by wvenable 5y ago
Isn't this just a programming problem? Build an application that accepts the data, produces the result, and has a GUI for managing all exceptions? I've build many of these things.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Isn't this just a programming problem? What seems to be described is a UI design problem. Once the UI is designed, it also needs programmed in some form, but that doesn't seem to be the problem, just a not-particularly-interesting task required in the implementation. Not all problems that require programming are programming problems. (In fact, most are not.)
- wvenable 5y agoI meant "isn't this a problem that requires software development?" There are always complaints that Excel is a terrible solution to some very specific set of repeated tasks. Every few months, there's a posting about how all we need is a "Better Excel" that would perfectly solve everyone's totally unique 12-step problem. Such a tool is never going to exist. Thankfully we can build tools specifically for those problems when generic tools aren't good enough. Not every problem is worth a programming solution; there's only so much time and money and paying a bunch of people to cut and paste might just be the better option.