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Re:Why isn’t there a decent file format for tabular data? by zaidw on Saturday April 30, 2022 @09:35PM (#31221267)
We can blame CSV, or we can blame the way people use CSV. Either way CSV is so unreliable that I try to “fail-fast” as soon as possible in automated pipeline.

At work, we explicitly define data structuring process, converting CSV to Parquet with strict schema and technical/structural validation. We assign interns and new grad engineers for this, which is nicely within their capabilities too with minimal training.

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