@DavidLyfordTilley@mathstodon.xyz
Post #1490180
2026-02-09 15:47 UTC
If you're on Mathstodon, you probably feel some kinda way about #excel
I personally love it, but wish people were better informed of its risk and weaknesses. I've been a serial attender of @EuSpRIG - the annual academic conference on spreadsheet risk and governance.
Very proud to say I'm now on the management committee for it as well! If you have some spreadsheet risk & error stories to share or just want to come see others' horror stories, more details at https://eusprig.org/
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@DavidLyfordTilley@mathstodon.xyz 2026-02-09 15:48
I've done presentations previously about Excel golf, bracketology, and how Excel is just a dozen programming languages in a trenchcoat, so you know it's not all serious business
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@javensbukan@mstdn.ca 2026-02-09 23:27
@DavidLyfordTilley @EuSpRIG The worst part about Excel is Microsoft randomly changing things every 3 months for no good reason and calling it a "new feature". Peak Excel was like Excel 2007/2010, perhaps 2013. It's certainly not whatever the heck it is now with its 365 forced integration and copilot and burying features in hidden menus 🤢