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By Hiran de Silva Over the years, I’ve had productive conversations with people like Oz du Soleil, Mark Proctor, and many others about the state of...

By Hiran de Silva When Oz du Soleil responded to Jon O’s comment under Mike Thomas’s post, he said something that sparked a deeper reflection:...

By Hiran de Silva A few days ago, under a post by Mike Thomas referencing the “Excel is not a database” meme (with the famous Simpsons blackboard), a...

By Hiran de Silva In the early days of computing—specifically during the 1980s—there was a technical limitation that shaped a generation of...

By Hiran de Silva Most people who know me know that I am deeply committed to Excel, not as a hobby, not as a commodity skill, but as a vehicle for...

By Hiran de Silva “Excel Hell” is a phrase many of us know all too well. Senior managers feel the pain most acutely, but even at the ground level...

To celebrate Excel’s 40th anniversary, Bill Jelen posed the question: What non-business spreadsheet have you ever created? My answer is simple and...

By Hiran de Silva This article is inspired by a post from Mike Thomas on LinkedIn. We are in danger of falling into a lazy trap: projecting today’s...

By Hiran de Silva If you’ve followed my origin story, you might already be asking yourself a simple question. That penny-drop moment I experienced...

By Hiran de Silva Just before Christmas in 1996, I took on a six-week temp assignment. The task was to assist a colleague with year-end...