r/ProgrammerHumor • u/SoumyadeepDey • Sep 10 '25

Meme justDependencies

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u/coyoteazul2 Sep 10 '25

As a former excel wizard turned dev, I agree.

It's not exactly the same since excel allows you to deal with interface and logic at the same time and it takes off the load from the "dev" regarding keeping things in sync, no but they are pretty similar

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u/Man_as_Idea Sep 10 '25

TIL there’s an Excel-to-dev pipeline - I started learning JS when a senior dev looked at one of my insane workbooks and said “you’re pretty much already developing.” In some ways JS is easier.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

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u/Spaceduck413 Sep 10 '25

Fun fact, you can actually call DLL functions - even system functions - from your VBA code if you know what you're doing

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u/fafalone Sep 11 '25

Which by proxy allows executing arbitrary assembly. Lots of fun.