I’m yet to see a spreadsheet workflow successfully replaced by something else.

Programming in a spreadsheet is an anti-pattern. Does anyone review your workflow? Write tests for it? Use a real programming language; a notebook at least.

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crubier 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Streamlit apps or similar are doing a great job at this where I'm at.

As simple to build and deploy as Excel, but with the right data types, the right UI, the right access and version control, the right programming language that LLMs understand, the right SW ecosystem and packages, etc.

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SauntSolaire 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Are they actually as simply to deploy as Excel? My guess would be that most streamlit apps never make it further than the computer they're written on.

	▲	crubier 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you have the right tooling (e.g. Streamlit.io) then yes, literally. To 'deploy' an Excel file I go to Office365 and create my excel file and hit share To 'deploy' a Streamlit file I go to Streamlit and write my single file python code (can be a one liner) and hit share

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tehjoker 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

maybe the strategy in those cases is to augment the core spreadsheet with tools that can unit test it and broadcast changes etc