One thing I've learnt over the years, is that users do not care about the inherent complexity of your problem. Like water, they will always choose the path of

One thing I've learnt over the years, is that users do not care about the inherent complexity of your problem. Like water, they will always choose the path of least resistance. It is why people would rather copy-paste documents than learn git, despite versioning being inherently complex. It is why people complain about android, but only use 1st party preinstalled apps or freemium ad-infested crap. Excel works and it is easy. It does not matter how hard the underlying problem is. I hate having to use excel too, but I have found myself periodically relying on it when timelines get too narrow and having a ready-made interactive dashboard is convenient. That being said, I can't imagine using it for a use-case where the rows-of-interest are greater than a few dozen.