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by shareIdeas 2538 days ago
Ah yes, the confident programmer that would DIY everything.

I feel like underestimating Excel is a classic example how an expert can have holes in their thinking.

With VBA, Excel becomes a ton more useful, adding programming. Excel is merely a visual database you can share with coworkers and encapsulate in a single file.

There is a time and place for everything. Excel is very useful for workplace data sharing and manipulation.