[michaelt]

Spreadsheets are irreplaceable because they're the only no-code software development tool that's ever succeeded.

Nothing will ever replace spreadsheets, because the tech industry no longer believes in making products for power users. In modern thinking, any form of user training is an indication your product is too complicated, and any feature only used by 5% of users should be removed.

The idea of a product where users have to type in incantations like =VLOOKUP(A1,C2:D16,2,False) which they're just supposed to somehow know? A product that's essentially unusable on mobile? A product with features like 'Pivot Table' that only 1% of users ever use, and yet it's a vital core feature?

It's absurd. Only in 1970 could someone have conceived of such a thing.

[anthk]

Or any R or J user doing faster and secure stuff, even by using BioPerl/BioPython under a Jupyter instance. 1970's? This came from 2040, but brainwashed Excel users are still mentally locked in the 80's.

[michaelt]

Python counts as no-code now? Roasted.

[anthk]

J by design saves up tons of code.