Excel is great for prototyping. It produces immediate results without any configuration. And it saves your database along with your code in a single file.
This is huge. Can you name any other programming language that automatically saves database + code in a single file?
Think about how many files you have to share if you use a script + database. At least 2 files. And then you have to zip it and the recipient has to unzip it. (cluttering your downloads folder)
However, at a certain point you have to make the jump and install/configure a database, even if it's just SQLite.
This is huge. Can you name any other programming language that automatically saves database + code in a single file?
Think about how many files you have to share if you use a script + database. At least 2 files. And then you have to zip it and the recipient has to unzip it. (cluttering your downloads folder)
However, at a certain point you have to make the jump and install/configure a database, even if it's just SQLite.