Author - Hiran de Silva

By Hiran de Silva In 1997, I made a breakthrough. I was in the right place at the right time—armed only with Microsoft Excel, Access, and a determination to improve...

By Hiran de Silva In enterprise environments, Excel is ubiquitous. It’s the tool of choice for budgeting, reconciliation, forecasting, reporting, and analysis. Its...

By Hiran de Silva This video is a demonstration to demystify the phrase “Excel is not a database,” a common refrain in social media debates—most notably in the PDF...

In the current debate around AI, authenticity, and professional credibility, a fascinating case study has emerged: a direct comparison between two very different...

By Hiran de Silva In this first part of a three-part series, I want to explore something that feels both timeless and alarmingly new: the evolution of truth. More...

By Hiran de Silva A recent comment from Casper Badenhorst — in a thread discussing voice, authenticity, and AI — gave me pause. It was a fair question: why use AI if you...

By Hiran de Silva Listen to the discussion above. Save time! Earlier today, prompted by a comment from Casper Badenhorst on a thread discussing plagiarism in the Excel...

By Hiran de Silva Read the article. Or listen to the podcast at the end. Then listen to the debate above. A recent post by Giles Male on LinkedIn brought attention to a...

By Hiran de Silva Refers to: The WSP Annual Budgeting process transformation When someone says they’re being hired for their Excel skills, what does that actually mean...

Below is a list of actual enterprise-level spreadsheet challenges—each drawn from real business contexts. These aren’t puzzles or exercises; they’re operational problems...