More reliable SMB mounts for the win!

Do you guys have a Windows virtual machine that you can tunnel into?

Ah the old Google “open but not open” strategy.

You know we should start migrating (or porting) our complicated spreadsheets from VB to python. This is a wise move for future proofing.

But I’m also very busy, and a little lazy, so I procrastinate and never do it. Some VMs now are so good that I just open these big visual basic spreadsheets in a windows VM, further delaying the necessary task.

And I don’t even think about it. Only Office is, unlike Libre Office, not opinionated with respect to the UI and is therefore so similar to MS Office that I can switch between both apps and not miss a beat.

Although Only Office has the advantage of implementing a bunch of QOL improvements that MS Office still has not implemented after all these years. One example that comes to mind is that the default image resize maintains aspect ratio, while in MSOffice you still need to hold SHIFT while resizing.

It really did read like an AI output. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was punched up by AI.