Re:I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
by sokoloff on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:03PM
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It’s the world’s most popular low-code platform.
Re:I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
by fragmede on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:04PM
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> It's a general-purpose programming environment for non-devs
Google sheets's programmability is way better (than the last time I used) Excel, with direct support for python, which Gemini can write just fine. It's a bit fiddly in places, I'll admit, but Google sheets is definitely a programming environment.
What LibreOffice misses, and sheets to a lesser extent, is that Excel isn't just a spreadsheet app. It's a general-purpose programming environment for non-devs (although, at a certain point, you could argue they are effectively programming even if they don't see it that way).
Yeah, there are better solutions. At a certain level of complexity, you probably shouldn't be using Excel and should switch to Python+some SQL database, but there's something to be said about the visual environment Excel provides.
Excel is Microsoft's killer app