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  • 6 months

    Just because it doesn’t offer features a database has doesn’t mean people aren’t trying to use it as one

    I support your argument, but unfortunately there are some real monstrosities out there that have carried small businesses since decades

    • Yeah, not denying that people use Excel to do all kinds of crazy shit. People using the tool wrong isn’t the tool’s fault though, right?

      • 6 months

        Wrong! If I am using a hammer to deliver babies I expect hammer manufacturers to put a rubber coating on the claw so it doesn’t scratch the baby as I pry it out.

      • 6 months

        Reminded me of these two projects by some Dylan Tallchief on YouTube:

        He first made a programmable drum machine, then a DAW in Excel.