• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    it’s always been obvious to me that we need something to fill the gap between awk and sql, but please please not excel. please. among the 8 billion people on earth, someone has to have a better idea

    • subversive_dev
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      1 month ago

      I can’t vouch for it, but have you ever looked into nushell? It is built around a table abstraction from top to bottom

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      1 month ago

      Visidata is excellent for little tasks, I’ve found—and I’ve yet to get into its more serious functionality.

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      1 month ago

      R and the tidyverse? It can even generate SQL for you.