• @raspberriesareyummy
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    1016 days ago

    But, if you’re a power user doing a lot of complex data analytics, Excel is still the king.

    Only if you refuse to learn SQL and do everything in a fraction of the time with way more functionality.

    • @[email protected]
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      1015 days ago

      That works when you have access to a SQL database instead of a bunch of massive CSV files.

      • @ArtVandelay
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        15 days ago

        cracks knuckles

        import pandas as pd
        
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        615 days ago

        Not saying there’s any reason to switch, but I believe you can load CSV’s into sqlite.

        Datasette would be something that I would try for CSV’s as well, that seems like an interesting piece of technology I haven’t had reason to use yet.

        Finally there’s always Jupiter Notebook and any respectable DataFrame-solution.

        Not to knock spreadsheet-solutions too much - I certainly see their value and use them frequently - but if I had to do something that warranted writing VBA, I’d probably reach for a tool I could combine with some form of VCS like Git at least.

      • @raspberriesareyummy
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        315 days ago

        Importing CSV into SQL is trivial and gives you far more control than Excel can.

    • @ArtVandelay
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      515 days ago

      Jupyter gang, any other data scientists here?