Korkki@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoOceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheetwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1447cross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1447external-linkOceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheetwww.theverge.comKorkki@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96·6 months agoTo write a script, you need someone who can write scripts. If all you have is someone who can write VLOOKUPs in Excel, and the CEO is too cheap to hire someone, then that’s what you use.
minus-squareDogEatWaffle@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·6 months ago someone who can write VLOOKUPs I think you’re overestimating the competence on display here…
minus-squarelennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoSounds like they did the lookups by hand actually
To write a script, you need someone who can write scripts.
If all you have is someone who can write VLOOKUPs in Excel, and the CEO is too cheap to hire someone, then that’s what you use.
I think you’re overestimating the competence on display here…
Sounds like they did the lookups by hand actually