By Hiran de Silva There’s a lot of chatter on social media about whether VBA is obsolete. It’s a narrative that resurfaces every few months—often propelled by...
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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)—a phrase familiar to most Excel users—carries a precise meaning that is often misunderstood, especially in the fast-moving...
In 1962, at Dartmouth College, two visionary professors—John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz—set out to solve a crucial problem: how to make computer programming...
Welcome to the first part of our new series, VBA Will Never Be Obsolete, presented by ExcelReInspired.com. This series is designed to revisit the fundamentals of...
This article launches a major explainer series under ExcelReInspired.com—a platform dedicated to reviving the true power and promise of Excel for real-world business...
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The Great Excel Anomaly: Why Do People Support Client-Server Architecture in the Enterprise … but Fail to Recognize It?
In a recent LinkedIn poll, a striking result emerged: 70% of respondents agreed that spreadsheets in the enterprise should be architected using a client-server model...
By Hiran de Silva While waiting at University College London Hospital recently—where, incidentally, Ringo Starr once had his tonsils removed and George Orwell took his...
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The Bizarre Cloud Spreadsheet Debate: Are We Having a Real Discussion or Just Feeding the Algorithm?
Lately, I’ve been following some of the discussions unfolding in Paul Barnhurst’s threads about spreadsheets “moving to the cloud.” At first glance, the...
Recently, I posted a poll on LinkedIn asking: “Should spreadsheets in the enterprise default to being standalone or client-server, unless there’s an...
Understanding the architecture behind Excel—and why it matters more than ever. A Confused Conversation There’s a lot of confusion floating around when it comes to...