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[–] localme@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you know how both of those compare with Google Sheets?

[–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nothing compares to excel. There are spreadsheets, and there is excel. The world runs on excel, and for a damn good reason. Also, excel runs the world, literally.

[–] Corran1138@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

So you’re telling me that Excel is very good at stuff?

[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sheets is capable enough for the average person but a business is always going to want to use Excel because it's the industry standard.

I can't remember the last time I actually needed a spreadsheet for anything other than looking at a bunch of tabular data, but I'm a programmer so I'm not the standard spreadsheet user.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm a programmer so I'm not the standard spreadsheet user.

But then what do you use for database???

[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

JSON files that get committed to a git repo, obviously. They're in a private repository in GitHub so that takes care of security and resiliency, two birds with one stone.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you are an accountant, then it’s your beast of burden.

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Accountant here. I prefer libreoffice calc.

[–] localme@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Gotcha, that makes sense. Thanks for your reply!