Problemsby GlyphCritical work in DuckDB is fragile and manual
2 posts from 2 people2d activeSteady, +1 this weekunverified
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I built a free SQL practice site where an AI writes queries with subtle bugs and you have to find them
...the AI" exercises realistic, and is the difficulty curve right? If something is wrong or annoying, tell me and I'll fix it..
...evidence but when I used duckdb and Python and Pycharm the Pycharm table viewer was not working as well as Excel. The rendering was messed up. Could be related to the remote desktop rendering but still not as flawless as Excel. The patchwork of multiple software from different...
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2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 66 days. Mostly on Hacker News comments, r/SQL. Tools named alongside: Excel, JetBrains.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "spreadsheets" rule about DuckDB. First post Sep 6, 2026, latest Nov 10, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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