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Critical work still runs on fragile spreadsheets

Analytics and BI3 posts from 3 people3d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)

Posts per day

Posts per day3 posts, Aug 27 to Sep 25

The posts behind it

3, newest first

Companies and products named

Company or productPosts naming it
SQL Server1
Microsoft Azure1
DuckDB1
Excel1
JetBrains1
Polars1
About this problem

Evidence

3 posts from 3 people in 3 places, about 2 a week over 11 days. Mostly on r/dataengineering, Hacker News comments, r/MachineLearning. Tools named alongside: SQL Server, Microsoft Azure, DuckDB, Excel.

Frustration Frustration 0 of 3· Seen on Reddit, Hacker News

How it was grouped

Posts that state a pain and match the "spreadsheets" rule. First post Aug 27, 2026, latest Sep 6, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

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History

  • 2026-09-25 Added: Critical work still runs on fragile spreadsheets (3 posts)

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