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DConf 2019: All Spreadsheets Must Die -- Robert Schadek

The D Language FoundationCited 20× on HN, 2020–2023
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talk · intermediate · evergreen · 2020–2023 on HN

A DConf 2019 talk by Robert Schadek arguing that spreadsheets are the world's dominant programming language and that D can be used to replace them. It looks at spreadsheet quirks and then at techniques for moving away from them.

Mostly appears as a link in Who is hiring job posts from a company using D, and once as deeper background in a thread about Excel.

12 comments from Hacker News

@symmetryinv2023-01 · in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023)”

Symmetry Investments | Many Varied Roles | REMOTE GLOBALLY or VISA (London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey) | D/C/C++, Julia, Typescript, Haskell/Ocaml/ML | Full-Time, Fixed Term, Flexible ## Roles we are hiring for - Business Analysts: business analysis, documentation, team and tool design - Native Code Developers: We are looking for outstanding native code developers who would like to write D. Our experience has been that strong C and C++ developers can learn D quite quickly. - Functional programmers to work with practitioners in delivering value to the business using Symmetry Integration Language. - Documentation: At Symmetry we recognise the value of writing and have for example a Pulitzer prize-winning former WSJ journalist and a maintainer of Linux Kernel Newbies documentation. We are looking for people to write technical documentation and to document data structures and processes (open to varying range of technical ability depending on the project). - Front end design: designers - ideally with some ability to program - to work on usability and aesthetics for our applications and other information-presenting systems, on both web and desktop - Designers for documentation: Now that non-programming internal work is moving to markdown in git, we are hiring designers to work on templates and mini-logos for documentation and other work. - Data Science: time series analysis in particular, including high frequency data sets that are too big for simple tools - Information Security

@symmetryinv2022-12 · in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2022)”

Symmetry Investments | Many Varied Roles | REMOTE GLOBALLY or VISA (London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey) | D/C/C++, Julia, Typescript, Haskell/Ocaml/ML | Full-Time, Fixed Term, Flexible ## Roles we are hiring for - Business Analysts: business analysis, documentation, team and tool design - Native Code Developers: We are looking for outstanding native code developers who would like to write D. Our experience has been that strong C and C++ developers can learn D quite quickly. - Functional programmers to work with practitioners in delivering value to the business using Symmetry Integration Language. - Documentation: At Symmetry we recognise the value of writing and have for example a Pulitzer prize-winning former WSJ journalist and a maintainer of Linux Kernel Newbies documentation. We are looking for people to write technical documentation and to document data structures and processes (open to varying range of technical ability depending on the project). - Front end design: designers - ideally with some ability to program - to work on usability and aesthetics for our applications and other information-presenting systems, on both web and desktop - Designers for documentation: Now that non-programming internal work is moving to markdown in git, we are hiring designers to work on templates and mini-logos for documentation and other work. - Data Science: time series analysis in particular, including high frequency data sets that are too big for simple tools - Information Security

@symmetryinv2022-11 · in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)”

Symmetry Investments | Many Varied Roles | REMOTE GLOBALLY or VISA (London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey) | D/C/C++, Julia, Typescript, Haskell/Ocaml/ML | Full-Time, Fixed Term, Flexible ## Roles we are hiring for - Business Analysts: business analysis, documentation, team and tool design - Native Code Developers: We are looking for outstanding native code developers who would like to write D. Our experience has been that strong C and C++ developers can learn D quite quickly. - Functional programmers to work with practitioners in delivering value to the business using Symmetry Integration Language. - Documentation: At Symmetry we recognise the value of writing and have for example a Pulitzer prize-winning former WSJ journalist and a maintainer of Linux Kernel Newbies documentation. We are looking for people to write technical documentation and to document data structures and processes (open to varying range of technical ability depending on the project). - Front end design: designers - ideally with some ability to program - to work on usability and aesthetics for our applications and other information-presenting systems, on both web and desktop - Designers for documentation: Now that non-programming internal work is moving to markdown in git, we are hiring designers to work on templates and mini-logos for documentation and other work. - Data Science: time series analysis in particular, including high frequency data sets that are too big for simple tools - Information Security

@symmetryinv2022-10 · in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2022)”

Symmetry Investments | Many Varied Roles | REMOTE GLOBALLY or VISA (London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey) | D/C/C++, Julia, Typescript, Haskell/Ocaml/ML | Full-Time, Fixed Term, Flexible ## Roles we are hiring for - Business Analysts: business analysis, documentation, team and tool design - Native Code Developers: We are looking for outstanding native code developers who would like to write D. Our experience has been that strong C and C++ developers can learn D quite quickly. - Functional programmers to work with practitioners in delivering value to the business using Symmetry Integration Language. - Documentation: At Symmetry we recognise the value of writing and have for example a Pulitzer prize-winning former WSJ journalist and a maintainer of Linux Kernel Newbies documentation. We are looking for people to write technical documentation and to document data structures and processes (open to varying range of technical ability depending on the project). - Front end design: designers - ideally with some ability to program - to work on usability and aesthetics for our applications and other information-presenting systems, on both web and desktop - Designers for documentation: Now that non-programming internal work is moving to markdown in git, we are hiring designers to work on templates and mini-logos for documentation and other work. - Data Science: time series analysis in particular, including high frequency data sets that are too big for simple tools - Information Security

@symmetryinv2022-09 · in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2022)”

Symmetry Investments | Many Varied Roles | REMOTE or VISA (London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey) | D, Julia, Kotlin, other functional and systems languages | Full-Time, Fixed Term, Flexible ## Roles we are hiring for - Business Analysts: business analysis, documentation, team and tool design - Native Code Developers: We are looking for outstanding native code developers who would like to write D. Our experience has been that strong C and C++ developers can learn D quite quickly. - Functional programmers to work with practitioners in delivering value to the business using Symmetry Integration Language. - Documentation: At Symmetry we recognise the value of writing and have for example a Pulitzer prize-winning former WSJ journalist and a maintainer of Linux Kernel Newbies documentation. We are looking for people to write technical documentation and to document data structures and processes (open to varying range of technical ability depending on the project). - Front end design: designers - ideally with some ability to program - to work on usability and aesthetics for our applications and other information-presenting systems, on both web and desktop - Designers for documentation: Now that non-programming internal work is moving to markdown in git, we are hiring designers to work on templates and mini-logos for documentation and other work. - Data Science: time series analysis in particular, including high frequency data sets that are too big for simple tools - Information Secur