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Excel -> Alt+F12 -> Embedded VSCode Python editor

Microsoft already has an identical offering (VBScript in Excel) so we can all see how good Microsoft is at developing such a thing.

The not built here bias is very strong. It would almost certainly be cheaper to buy Neptyne than to rebuild.

Nothing, however they've had a couple decades to do that and haven't.

In that case, mission accomplished.