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[–] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 33 points 10 months 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@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

accounting software

Fuck yeah, I do all my accounting through excel

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 14 points 10 months ago

The most versatile note pad in existence...

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago

Not at his age

[–] Dogs_cant_look_up@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 31 points 10 months ago

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

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The only low-code platform I actually respect.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months 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.

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months 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@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago
[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago

I'm borrowing that.

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 12 points 10 months ago

Thank you, Simon Peyton Jones.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

multiplan: "was i nothing to you?"

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] rauls4@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months 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.