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flakeoilyesterday at 2:14 PM2 repliesview on HN

If they do serious financial work I for sure hope they do not use Excel or any other spread sheet tool. It can go wrong so many ways.


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richardlblairyesterday at 2:19 PM

Oh friend, if only you knew.

Not only that, software nerds are rediscovering that they can build so much in Excel. You don't need an app for everything.

Aurornisyesterday at 2:16 PM

If you think spreadsheets aren’t used in serious finance, you’re going to be very disappointed if you ever have to work with that world.

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