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What's the worst thing you've seen Excel used for?
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In two different companies I've seen people refer to "the database" when they actually mean a spreadsheet. That's not just a terminology mixup, these things were super complex, with pseudo-relational tables, lookups, links to other files etc. The sort of thing that should be in an actual database, that has less chance of breaking in obscure ways when someone inserts a row or types a value over a formula. It was actually pretty impressive, in an "impending doom at any moment" kind of way.
That sounds like watching people play Jenga with railroad ties.