What do you use to replace google docs/sheets? - eviltoast
  • Xanza@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Depends on what you’re doing and why.

    If I’m doing something for work, I’m not wasting my time using anything other than Excel. I have shit to do.

    For home stuff? Sure. I’ll mess around with anything non-proprietary.

    • Cole@midwest.social
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      2 days ago

      I’m legitimately asking because I’m curious, not trying to start a flame war here…

      What features are you missing in LibreOffice Calc that you use in Excel? I personally use Calc at home, but can’t get away with it a work because of imaginary numbers. (Although most things I’ve just moved to using Python + Pandas because both programs can’t handle large datasets very well)

      • Xanza@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        Power query/pivot, 365 integration, stat/finance functions, forecasting models, VBA, etc.

        Mainly because I use Excel for work. I don’t want to hack together a solution in the middle of my workflow with Python and other FOSS tools. I need it to just work. And Excel just works.

      • Xanza@lemm.ee
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        4 days ago

        I absolutely love Libre/FOSS, but I don’t always have time to fuck around learning new ways to skin a cat. I’ll almost always recommend proprietary solutions if that’s what you’re used to. It just makes sense. 🤷‍♂️

        Always use the tool that’s best for the job, and sometimes that’s hot steaming piles of closed source shit.