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Re:Show HN: SheetSage – A Linter for the Most Dangerous Prog... by CherishRoby on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:57AM (#46764579)
Spreadsheets are the only programming language where approximate string matching is the default behavior (VLOOKUP with range_lookup=TRUE). I can't think of another language where fuzzy matching happens silently unless you explicitly opt out. Is this the most dangerous design decision in computing history?

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