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Re:Cognitive loads in programming by chii on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @10:52PM (#32671331)
> using .xlsx to hold configuration

what the?! I would imagine that .xlsx is even worse than a plain text file for holding configuration. You have to open it with a spreadsheet editor, and how would you diff a binary format when committing into source repository?

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Re:Cognitive loads in programming by smitty1e on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:50PM (#32671727)
Git does binaries.

Excel is on the desktop, and ot has diffing tools.

This is a work project, not something for regular GitHub release.

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