I’m not disputing spreadsheets as an assessable IDE for “non-programmers”. I’m a big fan of spreadsheets for “getting shit done”. But if you’re building a UI

I’m not disputing spreadsheets as an assessable IDE for “non-programmers”. I’m a big fan of spreadsheets for “getting shit done”. But if you’re building a UI for other people to consume, you’ll quickly find that they’d break it in all manner of exotic ways. This is why CRUD solutions exist. Sometimes you want the relational bookkeeping but with a more restricted UI. In those type of scenarios even MS Access is a better option than Excel (for example).