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You think that's seedy? I once used excel & vba as an intranet webserver to collect weekly business analytics using user input into web forms from various depa
by harry8 2y ago
You think that's seedy?
I once used excel & vba as an intranet webserver to collect weekly business analytics using user input into web forms from various departments.
A very little knowledge, no proper resourcing, no support, internal politics determined the effort should fail came together to produce such a "success"
Got a seedy story like that? Seedier than that? Let's hear it!
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