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By Hiran de Silva There’s a strange and revealing contradiction making the rounds on LinkedIn, courtesy of a post by Alfio Auteri. His post praises...

By Hiran de Silva In the last 10, 15—let’s just round it up to 20—years, something rather curious has been unfolding in the world of Excel...

By Hiran de Silva Podcast narrated by Charlie. Mark Proctor is a respected voice in the Excel community, and in one of his videos, he walks through a...

By Hiran de Silva Over the last two decades, a quiet transformation has reshaped Excel—and not necessarily for the better. Microsoft, once the...

By Hiran de Silva Jordan Goldmeier once asserted there’s nothing you can do in Access that you can’t do better in Excel. It’s a bold claim—and a...

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...

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

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...

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

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...