A direct response to Mark Proctor — and the Power Query consensus By Hiran de Silva Mark Proctor recently asked a fair and important question: If Excel keeps getting...
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By Hiran de Silva Mark Proctor makes a sharp and important observation on LinkedIn:Excel’s capabilities have accelerated dramatically over the last decade, while...
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Excel Is Not a Database. Excel Is a Database. Why Both Claims Are Wrong — and What Actually Works
By Hiran de Silva Few topics in the Excel world generate as much heat — and as little clarity — as the question of whether Excel is a database. On one side, IT...
By Hiran de Silva This is about apps.Only apps.Spreadsheets as apps. Not those. Those are Epstein files.We’re talking about App-stein Files. For the last ten or fifteen...
Why “You Can’t Do This with Excel” Falls Apart Under One Simple Question By Hiran de Silva For nearly three decades, I’ve watched the same demo play out. Starting with...
Why following steps is not the same as knowing what you’re doing By Hiran de Silva There is a subtle but decisive difference between being able to follow instructions...
By Hiran de Silva Scroll through LinkedIn and you’ll see a familiar pattern. Shocking revelations.Confident claims.Bold assertions with far-reaching implications. Posts...
Bu Hiran de Silva This is not a criticism of anyone learning Excel, nor of anyone using Excel at any level. It is an observation — and an important one — about what a...
The short answer The boiled egg story is almost certainly allegorical, not a documented historical event — but it survives because it captures a profound truth about...
A Complete History — and Why It Still Defines Serious Excel Work By Hiran de Silva The question “What is VBA?” keeps coming up — especially on social media, LinkedIn in...