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My team has been trying to modernize pandas from a different tact. Regardless of struggle with the syntax, it seems Pandas is very sticky, and we don't predict much migration to ot…

I think this is spot on. I agree that Excel users want to stick with Excel, but they do run into major issues that are solved by code. Namely: their data size is too large, Excel i…

Spreadsheets versus programmers is a war that can be much more peaceful. In my work, I have found that, especially in data science, the spreadsheet user and the programmers are oft…

I have been working on this problem for a little while. I don't think the issue is that Excel is inherently worse for data wrangling -- it just isn't scalable or easily traceable. …

Yes, 365 has definitely elevated Excel's collaboration. But in my experience, it has speed issues that can cause more problems than it solves.

I used to work for a company making a bet against live collaboration in spreadsheets. I now see the error in my ways. A spreadsheet party in Excel would just be a nightclub that on…