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Can you elaborate with some anecdotes? Why is their current workflow wrong? Why would an organization hire someone to build software if they can achieve goals w

by boppo1 4y ago

Can you elaborate with some anecdotes? Why is their current workflow wrong? Why would an organization hire someone to build software if they can achieve goals with spreadsheets?

myaccount9786 4y ago
Why indeed.
maximus-decimus 4y ago
The fact they renamed human genes because they were importing it in Excel in a way it thought they were dates and was changing them says a lot. Can you really trust the scientific results if they depend on software made by people who don't care about code quality?
- boppo1 4y ago
  >renamed human genes because they were importing it in Excel in a way it thought they were dates Just at your shop, or the field in general?
  - jghn 4y ago
    Field in general [1] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-renam...
  - rleigh 4y ago
    The whole field! This was actually a thing(!)