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Re:The first rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t tell anyone you’... by eddieroger on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:22AM (#33317890)
That's really dismissive of the learning curve of learning two things versus one, as well as having the expertise to install Python and maybe SQLite versus Office being installed on most computers already. Python and SQLite also have no portability as compared to emailing someone an Excel sheet. I love writing SQL whenever I have the chance, but "should" is a really strong word here.
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Re:The first rule of Microsoft Excel: Don’t tell anyone you’... by D13Fd on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:31AM (#33318031)
It's not just learning two things vs. one. It's learning a text-, command-, and script-based interface vs. a mostly visual one.

You could likewise say "a huge amount of file operations should be performed with rsync" and just ignore the fact that it's much harder to learn than a drag-and-drop setup.

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