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.

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