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I feel like if you're asking how to shove Python into a spreadsheet app, you've made a mistake somewhere in your process and should reconsider everything.
by morkalork 2y ago
I feel like if you're asking how to shove Python into a spreadsheet app, you've made a mistake somewhere in your process and should reconsider everything.
- josenyc 2y agoWalk us through your hypothesis. People solve problems in various ways, and workflows can change. Having more options can be useful and lead to new solutions.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoUnfortunately, main character syndrome can't be cured with talk therapy.
- morkalork 2y agoDo you even know what that is or do you just parrot insults you've seen others use?
- SoftMachine 2y agoI feel like you've made a mistake somewhere in your process and should reconsider everything.
- dang 2y ago"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mardifoufs 2y agoWhat do you mean? How is it worse than spreadsheet specific languages, like VBA or even in-cell formulas in say, Excel?
- kbrkbr 2y agoMicrosoft offers Python for Excel for quite some time now [1]. Seems like a natural fit, when you are used to working in spreadsheets and want to add the low code machine learning capabilities that Python offers. [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/python-in-excel https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/python-in-exce...
- Qem 2y agoIt doesn't run locally.
- anitil 2y agoI'm in the process of ripping gsheets out of some internal processes, and the pain they are causing me are immense, so I understand the sentiment of this. However. If those sheets hadn't existed earlier on, I might not have a job at all because they business wouldn't have been able to easily/cheaply solve the problems that they did