That depends. Is the spreadsheet doing what it’s intended for, or one of the hundreds of things it can do but really shouldn’t?
I’ve made my fair share of spreadsheets, including time tracking, vehicle scheduling, email automations, map integrations, god forgive me even ‘databases’ - all of that because no one was willing to pay for a proper solution.
So I’m not saying spreadsheets can’t or shouldn’t ever be used for those things, but a dedicated solution for a problem may indeed be a good reason to change things.
They change it because they need more money. (talking about Excel here)
And soon you’ll see ads in the fn suggestions drop down
and ads in unused cells
and ads while the Solver is running (made in VisualBasic, running on top of WebAssembly, running on interpreted Python, using a Java Interpreter on your Web Browser to make sure you watch the ad for as long as possible)
And that’s why we need to make our own spreadsheet software.
Customer requirements are basically always “I want what my Excel sheet used to do”.
“You mean you want it to corrupt your data and end up with conflicting changes once you share it?”
Make sure to convert
1/2toFebruaryI want faster horses.
TBF if the spreadsheet works, why change anything?
That depends. Is the spreadsheet doing what it’s intended for, or one of the hundreds of things it can do but really shouldn’t?
I’ve made my fair share of spreadsheets, including time tracking, vehicle scheduling, email automations, map integrations, god forgive me even ‘databases’ - all of that because no one was willing to pay for a proper solution.
So I’m not saying spreadsheets can’t or shouldn’t ever be used for those things, but a dedicated solution for a problem may indeed be a good reason to change things.
They change it because they need more money. (talking about Excel here)
And soon you’ll see ads in the fn suggestions drop down
and ads in unused cells
and ads while the Solver is running (made in VisualBasic, running on top of WebAssembly, running on interpreted Python, using a Java Interpreter on your Web Browser to make sure you watch the ad for as long as possible)
And that’s why we need to make our own spreadsheet software.