I totally get that there is a pattern of status policing which happens around this. ("Oh sure nerds, get excited about how your spreadsheet operates.") I am much more boggled by that when the status policing of tech people and products happens within the tech industry.
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Absolutely no judgment for people who just aesthetically can't conceive of being excited about how spreadsheets operate, but part of me wants to strongly suggest fulfilling and rewarding careers in some other industry which one would more routinely actually enjoy.
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Huge news! "Most B2B SAAS startups aren't competing with their competitors. They are competing with Excel." I forget where I heard it. But it was a huge revelation to me. We developers have a huge blind spot to how important Excel is to the core functions of so many jobs.
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It's very easy to underestimate the impact of improving fundamental components of complex systems.
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This is genuinely big! Any improvements to Vlookup & Match will have huge impact on most businesses world wide. Boring (for some), yes? Useful, YES!
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It's really great to see the excitement in the comments from so many people
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There are whole industries involved in cleaning up after these (or at least those that get too big to fail and then fail).
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Useful and all as it is, will it not be a compatibility nightmare for people who exchange spreadsheets? Or is the office refresh cycle short these days.
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Most big organizations are on Microsoft 365 SaaS now, so they'll all get the new functionality with the monthly update.
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