Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by enouri » Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 3:40 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by sushshshsh » Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 3:49 PM UTC

Excel is extremely useful for the times where I don't want to think about all of the complex rules that are in my head, and I just want to transform the data and export it for people to use.

If I need to do things on an automated basis at 3am over 1 million records with tedious logic, ok time to code it

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by enouri » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 12:57 PM UTC

sushshshsh wrote: post #2

Excel is extremely useful for the times where I don't want to think about all of the complex rules that are in my head, and I just want to transform the data and export it for people to use. If I need to do things on an automated basis at 3am over 1 million records with tedious logic, ok time to code it

"export it for people to use." you mean sending a csv/xls file ? Sounds alot like Tableau

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by sushshshsh » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

enouri wrote: post #3

sushshshsh wrote: post #2

Excel is extremely useful for the times where I don't want to think about all of the complex rules that are in my head, and I just want to transform the data and export it for people to use. If I need to do things on an automated basis at 3am over 1 million records with tedious logic, ok time to code it

"export it for people to use." you mean sending a csv/xls file ? Sounds alot like Tableau

Yes or hosting that csv somewhere in redshift/s3

Why would I use tableau for things that are not related to like "enterprise software" and "requirements"? Csv is perfect for teams that can read

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by 0x54MUR41 » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 5:11 PM UTC

There were the same questions previously:

- Ask HN: What do you use MS Excel for? (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18130552

- Ask HN: What do you use Google Sheet or Excel for? (2020) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24261447

I recommend you to check these out. Hopefully, it can give you the idea/inspiration.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by enouri » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 9:14 AM UTC

0x54MUR41 wrote: post #5

There were the same questions previously: - Ask HN: What do you use MS Excel for? (2018) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18130552 - Ask HN: What do you use Google Sheet or Excel for? (2020) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24261447 I recommend you to check these out. Hopefully, it can give you the idea/inspiration.

I will! Thank you for pointing these out :)

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by enouri » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 9:16 AM UTC

sushshshsh wrote: post #4

enouri wrote: post #3

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"export it for people to use." you mean sending a csv/xls file ? Sounds alot like Tableau

Yes or hosting that csv somewhere in redshift/s3 Why would I use tableau for things that are not related to like "enterprise software" and "requirements"? Csv is perfect for teams that can read

I see, makes sense when you talked about redshift / s3. I was think about airtable actually, but i confused tableau and airtable.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Excel (or SpreadSheet) for?

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Post by sushshshsh » Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 7:22 PM UTC

enouri wrote: post #7

sushshshsh wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes or hosting that csv somewhere in redshift/s3 Why would I use tableau for things that are not related to like "enterprise software" and "requirements"? Csv is perfect for teams that can read

I see, makes sense when you talked about redshift / s3. I was think about airtable actually, but i confused tableau and airtable.

No problem :))