Have You Seen the New Excel?
jnord
22 points
7 comments
April 30, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (6 comments)
exabrial
laugh all you want, but every modern drug probably owes its existence to Excel hah
lazytitanic
Clearly I've been overengineering by using code to remotely control industry hardware in real-time. I should've been using a spreadsheet all along! The article says that code is designed for computers to read, not humans, when in fact code is designed for both. Spreadsheets and code have their respective applications.
dartharva
Ridiculous comparison
eig
In case people don't realize, this is satire.
microflash
All this is great and fantastic until you hit Excel’s row limit.
kernalix7
The Excel flip lands. AI is a tool. People could adapt and use it, instead a lot of the panic sounds like resistance dressed up as analysis.