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cush
on Sept 15, 2023
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I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it
Any PM that walks in with “Just make it like Excel” hasn’t spent a moment writing code.
bastawhiz
on Sept 15, 2023
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Even worse: he was a director
cush
on Sept 16, 2023
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Arguably the most battle-tested, feature-rich program on the planet. Yeah just make it like that.
bastawhiz
on Sept 16, 2023
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I should tell the story of the PM (also at Uber!) who demanded our web app be "faster than Excel". I couldn't make it up if I tried.
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