Have You Seen the New Excel?(idiallo.com)
22 pointsby jnord6 hours ago8 comments
  • lazytitanic4 hours ago
    Clearly I've been overengineering by using code to remotely control industry hardware in real-time. I should've been using a spreadsheet all along!

    The article says that code is designed for computers to read, not humans, when in fact code is designed for both.

    Spreadsheets and code have their respective applications.

    • anonzzzies4 hours ago
      One of my early gigs was in a, for my country and the standards at the time (90s), large factory; they ran almost everything on Excel and Access. From the erp, hrm, crm, entry gates, phone system, truck loading bays, industrial systems if they could be accessed via Windows, cafetarias PoSs etc. VBA plugged into everything with the sysadmin doing 'version management' of 1000s of evolving data mixed with code files on networking (Novell I think when I was there) shares. They kept that up for quite a while until the sysadmin got ill; I was there to fix some issues in Access because he could not do it fulltime now. They replaced everything for far more expensive and inflexible erp and control software; it did no longer depend on one person working 247 though.
  • eig4 hours ago
    In case people don't realize, this is satire.
    • petterroeaan hour ago
      It's the best kind of satire, because it's based in a bit of truth!
    • aaron6952 hours ago
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  • microflash3 hours ago
    All this is great and fantastic until you hit Excel’s row limit.
  • hhthrowaway123038 minutes ago
    i know its inteneded to be satire but it kinda isnt?

    well excel changed the world, many more organizations run on excel and the companies that dont run excel in the same field are probably having a harder time. so yes i guess?

    also ai and excel are different things?

  • exabrial4 hours ago
    laugh all you want, but every modern drug probably owes its existence to Excel hah
  • dartharva4 hours ago
    Ridiculous comparison
  • kernalix73 hours ago
    The Excel flip lands. AI is a tool. People could adapt and use it, instead a lot of the panic sounds like resistance dressed up as analysis.