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Re:Show HN: Convert Large CSV/XLSX to JSON or XML in Browser on Thursday May 01, 2025 @06:45PM (#43864189)
thanks for your comment, it took me almost 3 weeks to build this
Re:Show HN: Convert Large CSV/XLSX to JSON or XML in Browser on Thursday May 01, 2025 @06:44PM (#43864179)
Sure, but you can validate it dev tools exist for a reason. Honestly, I just can’t afford the storage costs if users are uploading 50GB+ CSVs. It’d be a huge strain on any server, not to mention painfully slow for users. Running everything client side was the easiest and most practical way to build this MVP at least for me thanks for the feedback
Re:Show HN: Convert Large CSV/XLSX to JSON or XML in Browser on Thursday May 01, 2025 @06:39PM (#43864146)
yes they are a lot easier to work with when inserting into the database

Show HN: Convert Large CSV/XLSX to JSON or XML in Browser

Posted by Botlabs on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @09:31PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://csvforge.com

Hello HN, I'm excited to share a project I've been working on: A simple, fast way to process huge CSV and XLSX files directly in your browser and export them as clean JSON or XMLHere's a few things that makes this converter different: - runs in the browser - all parsing and conversion is client side can handle data any size data - automatically detects delimiters, encodings, and data types as...

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