Comment on $16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You could run empires on the back of a spreadsheet.

  You absolutely shouldn’t, it’s nearly the worst option you have available, but you could.

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  • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not the worst option available, it might not be the cleanest solution, but it does offer a level of flexibility if you have an in-depth understanding of key operational (or financial) business processes.

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    • kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Shift+F9… annnnd, the data is gone

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      • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Not if there is a BACKUP folder with daily copies of all your spreadsheets.

        Sifting through the backups is so much fun when you’re trying to find when a particular issue started.

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    • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s better than just text files or word I guess

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    • LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is why I specified “nearly” the worst. It can absolutely get the job done and has basically every tool you’d need to do the job, but it’s pretty much the worst amongst the “this will do everything you need” options.

      My thought process was abacus < pen & paper < text file < spreadsheet < database solutions

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      • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But spreadsheet can function like a database. 🤣

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