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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Long live the one and only solution that is a big data platform, a database, and, of course, an AI tool

[–] chronicledmonocle 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Don't forget accounting software. And Pixel art maker. And Eve Online interface.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

accounting software

Fuck yeah, I do all my accounting through excel

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

The most versatile note pad in existence...

[–] Lost_My_Mind 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Suck it, Excell! I'm beating you! I'm older!!!! I'm 41!!! All hail the king, baby!

[–] surewhynotlem 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Not at his age

[–] Dogs_cant_look_up 5 points 1 month ago

Not only that, but i can also lookup X's.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

And still the spreadsheet gold standard. Microsoft gets plenty of shit wrong but Excel is one thing they got right.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The only low-code platform I actually respect.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hear a lot of devs that don't seem to get this.

"WhY wOuLd YoU uSe ExCeL? I pReFeR tO cOdE mY oWn SoLuTiOn."

No, Why would I spend a week coding something that I can create a pivot table and some charts for in an hour? Especially when if I code it myself, that means I now own and have to support my lovely new utility. Time is money and I've got way more important things to do than build custom reporting suites that no one except me is ever going to use.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I also prefer a spreadsheet, but for a proficient coder it's not a week long job, unless they build it on bare metal. You can do a lot in an hour with a visualization library.

[–] myplacedk 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I spent some time looking into this, getting nowhere. What's your favorite library that actually works for you?

[–] T156 3 points 1 month ago

Matplotlib is a fairly popular one, but it depends on what it is you want to do with the data.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm borrowing that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Thank you, Simon Peyton Jones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

multiplan: "was i nothing to you?"

[–] Lost_My_Mind 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

......yes? What is multiplan? Some kind of fire evacuation software?

[–] Hawke 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

40 years after ripping off VisiCalc which is 45 years old. And Aldus Persuation, and WordStar, and CPM, and Macintosh OS, and Netscape, and the list goes on.