exactly this. Spreadsheets are so simple to understand that people think and communicate in spreadsheets. Managers don’t understand how much they fucking love them. Its like a cult. They make everybody meet 5 times a week to look at various spreadsheets together. And don’t see how ineffective they often are.

“we have a problem? Ok lets make a spreadsheet! Oh, the problem wasn’t solved yet? Ok then look at the spreadsheet every week now!”

i agree that AI is a bubble of trash but shutting off a part that wasn’t worth the cost is not an indication of an end. They just reduced cost to extend the financial runway. From my point of view text and coding were more popular anyway.