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0 pointsoneplane1y ago0 comments

Which 'opinion' would that be. The one where I write about anecdotes from the real world?

We have software that does what is needed. An ERP, a CRM, a HMI, a case management system for legal etc. No need to have everyone on every team rebuild that in excel.

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Affric1y ago

That all iterate too slowly and don’t put the development in the hands of the people doing the job.

Excel is near universal and flexible. It’s not a hammer. It’s a swiss army knife.

oneplaneOP1y ago

You make it sound like their job is development (it's not).

If your job is to manage legal cases, you have no business writing case management software. That includes writing it in excel.

The same goes for collaborating with 100 people outside of your team, they are not going to keep tracking your personal DIY projects, they work with a common infrastructure so it's actually feasible to work instead of being busy playing engineer all day.

Affric1y ago

Except without a way to get the computer to behave the way they want they have an arm strung behind their back in the modern economy.

EDIT: I think my experience could likely be in a situation very different to yours. Thinking about it more deeply I am describing an org up to its neck in tech debt and in a changing market where regulation is tighter than ever.

So, I think the pathologies are definitely more specific than universal.

oneplaneOP1y ago

That's not what our users tell us, and we're beating the competition so I guess you're either wrong or not familiar with the market we're in.

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Affric1y ago

That all iterate too slowly and don’t put the development in the hands of the people doing the job.

Excel is near universal and flexible. It’s not a hammer. It’s a swiss army knife.

oneplaneOP1y ago

You make it sound like their job is development (it's not).

If your job is to manage legal cases, you have no business writing case management software. That includes writing it in excel.

Affric1y ago

Except without a way to get the computer to behave the way they want they have an arm strung behind their back in the modern economy.

So, I think the pathologies are definitely more specific than universal.

oneplaneOP1y ago

That's not what our users tell us, and we're beating the competition so I guess you're either wrong or not familiar with the market we're in.

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