When I worked at a grocery store, I needed to recreate a paper form. It had been photo-copied so many times that it was becoming difficult to read. It was a simple form: a large table listing each cash register in the store along with a breakdown of the cash and other monetary items it contained. We used one page per night for final accounting.
We only had a very locked-down windows computer. No word processor, such as Microsoft Word or WordPad, was installed on it. It was not possible to install other software. It had only internal network access, not open internet access. So while there are free and portable word processors I could have run on the computer, there wasn't an easy way to get access to them.
But I had notepad.exe and a web browser! The form was mostly a big table and some lines to write down accounting information. I could do that! I was able to create a HTML file and build up a big table element and then open the local file in the web browser. After a few iterations, I was able to recreate the form and even add a few extra items that felt relevant to our store. Since the computer could print directly, I printed a few dozen copies and left them for my boss. She complimented me on being able to get fresh new copies that were much easier to read.
I've always been attracted to computers because it's possible to do so many things with it. While it would have been easier and faster with a word processor program, I still felt empowered to build and solve problems using simpler tools. It always feels good to scratch your own itch and it's a positive experience that I continue to get when I write my own software these days. Even with just at simple text editor and a web browser, we are able to solve many problems.