I know a lot of people hate them, it’s fashionable to hate them in the same way as It’s fashionable to say “oh I can’t do Maths” (nothing against my brothers-in-neurodiversity)
I bloody love a spreadsheet. I’ve worked on some crackers over the years. They’re more art than science… The presentation… The innovation… Learning a new function is like learning a new technique… They’re never finished or perfect, you just have to stop making them one day and share them with the world.
I will die on this hill. Spreadsheets are art.
Edit : is this supposed to be an unpopular opinion generally or amongst the nerds of Lemmy? 😁
Yeah not sure this is unpopular. A lot of the people I see dissing spreadsheets are more pointing out how they’re abused and many of them really should be databases. I often do that but I’ll reach for a spreadsheet when appropriate.
But you can abuse the to do other stuff. Generate SQL queries, merge emal records, generate graphics, create mazes…