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Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by morkalork on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:01PM (#41481512)
I feel like if you're asking how to shove Python into a spreadsheet app, you've made a mistake somewhere in your process and should reconsider everything.
Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by dang on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:43PM (#41481829)
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by josenyc on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:08PM (#41481560)
Walk us through your hypothesis. People solve problems in various ways, and workflows can change. Having more options can be useful and lead to new solutions.
Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by add-sub-mul-div on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:23PM (#41481680)
Unfortunately, main character syndrome can't be cured with talk therapy.
Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by morkalork on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:55PM (#41481896)
Do you even know what that is or do you just parrot insults you've seen others use?
Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by SoftMachine on Sunday September 08, 2024 @03:15PM (#41482434)
I feel like you've made a mistake somewhere in your process and should reconsider everything.
Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by mardifoufs on Sunday September 08, 2024 @02:54PM (#41482288)
What do you mean? How is it worse than spreadsheet specific languages, like VBA or even in-cell formulas in say, Excel?
Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by kbrkbr on Sunday September 08, 2024 @07:34PM (#41484173)
Microsoft offers Python for Excel for quite some time now [1]. Seems like a natural fit, when you are used to working in spreadsheets and want to add the low code machine learning capabilities that Python offers.

[1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/python-in-exce...

Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by Qem on Sunday September 08, 2024 @09:51PM (#41484833)
It doesn't run locally.
Re:LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOff... by anitil on Sunday September 08, 2024 @08:02PM (#41484333)
I'm in the process of ripping gsheets out of some internal processes, and the pain they are causing me are immense, so I understand the sentiment of this.

However. If those sheets hadn't existed earlier on, I might not have a job at all because they business wouldn't have been able to easily/cheaply solve the problems that they did