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> creating a relational database in Excel with tables being Excel files in a folder, because the stakeholder refused to let go of the Excel no matter how many t
by BillyTheMage 1y ago
> creating a relational database in Excel with tables being Excel files in a folder, because the stakeholder refused to let go of the Excel no matter how many times I told them I could do it in a better, easier way
I feel this pain. All of our jobs are quoted with a copy of the most complex Excel sheet I've ever created. Our "task management" is an excel sheet full of notes; imagine a series of walls full of post-it notes, you know, like Jira but way worse.
Not as bad as some things I've seen though. Seems to be common for Japanese folk to use Excel for CAD drawings and that just blows my mind. How is that not the worst possible CAD experience?
- anitil 1y ago> use Excel for CAD drawings I've used and abused Excel in many ways, but I can't even fathom how that would work
- BillyTheMage 1y agoI've been sent them and had to use them to make REAL blueprints, and I still can't fathom how it works.