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  • One project I am doing at work (engineering and administrative departments run on spreadsheets) not being a programmer at all is automating technical sales generation. We make custom things but we have a few products that have a bunch of standard things to configure.

    Using VBA to do a few small calculations (it sucks at large data which is why python in excel is amazing) and taking in a bunch of configuration fields to output a price, then generating a word document from a template with the quote including the relevant configuration details.



  • USB has very tight tolerance standards for USB-C. It means that there is just the right amount of clamp that it stays in while maximizing the lifespans before the clamping mechanism wears out.

    If you use cheap cables, they are often made out of spec which can wear out the clamping and make the port either not charge or even fall out. HMD (Nokia) phones had terrible connectors for at least their first 3 generations that wore out, even with certified cables, after 6 months and my cables would literally not charge and just practically fall out.

    The safest bet is to choose a USB-IF member as they are certified with the standard.