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Problem arises when "Karen" leaves the company. Then the company asks the "IT guy" to "help" with that Excel sheet on a shared. Again, as I highlighted Excel sh
by betaby 1y ago
Problem arises when "Karen" leaves the company. Then the company asks the "IT guy" to "help" with that Excel sheet on a shared. Again, as I highlighted Excel sheets is not a 'consumable' software. OK to use for one time things, but in a long run it's most likely a mistake.
- afiori 1y agoFamously Jane's Street started by using excel automation for its core trading business. I do not particularly like excel, I find it interesting but often obtuse and limited in annoying ways and I agree that for an established workflow using "proper" code is generally better. But imho where Excel excels is in dynamic exploration and supporting decision making, where the type of analysis and visualisations you might want to do can change radically and quickly
- nyeah 1y agoWe never ever see this scenario happen with code :-)