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Re:Show HN: Turn an Excel file into a web application by discordance on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:42AM (#19970569)
It's accessible and empowers the individual.

Not everyone can code, but everyone can transform data in a spreadsheet and email it off to the next person.

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Re:Show HN: Turn an Excel file into a web application by pier25 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:02AM (#19970760)
I guess everyone accessing the same data at all times is not so valuable after all.

I've seen people having multiple versions of the same excel file and not remembering which was the last one...

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Re:Show HN: Turn an Excel file into a web application by Flyer1 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @03:07PM (#19973689)
I agree with most of the answers already posted about why Excel is so ubiquitous. To respond to this comment specifically, though, I'll just mention that we use a product called EASA to enable us put a web app on top of critical spreadsheets while also connecting to a database i.e. you can "de-couple" the data from the logic. There are some use-cases that describes this here: https://easasoftware.com/case-studies/amlin-reducing-risks-e...

...and here: https://easasoftware.com/case-studies/leaseplan-transforming...

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