Author - Hiran de Silva

There’s a lie that’s been circulating for some time now—a lie about Excel’s relevance in the modern world of business and industry. Social media is largely responsible...

Hiran de Silva’s podcast, centers on the Reg Call Handler Challenge, designed to debunk common misconceptions about Excel’s capabilities for large-scale...

Abstract The Unpivot podcast, a show featuring Excel and Power BI experts Wyn Hopkins, Mark Proctor, and Sue Bayes, with occasional input from Giles Male. This podcast...

In today’s business environment, the way employees interact with data and technology is often constrained by the “cubicle mentality”—a narrow, siloed view of...

By Hiran de Silva There’s a recurring comment I encounter whenever I introduce more advanced Excel techniques or cloud-based spreadsheet architecture. It usually comes...

By Hiran de Silva ABSTRACT This article discusses the contrasting reactions to using Excel for enterprise-grade solutions, where some dismiss advanced applications as...

In Part One, we explored the origins of online trolling—how anonymous mischief-makers infiltrated expert forums in the early days of the internet, pretending to be...

I recently came across an article describing Donald Trump as a troll, written by the Englishman Nate White. That word—troll—hit me with a jolt of nostalgia. I hadn’t...

Hiran de Silva has developed a series of rigorous benchmarking challenges designed to evaluate different approaches to solving real-world enterprise problems using Excel...

In a recent vlog, I reflected on a powerful concept triggered by Mynda Treacy’s video about creating a side hustle using Excel. While the video focused on earning more...