4 ms·

Alternatively... "We need to store some data for a virus" "Where does the data come from?" "Every hospital sends us an excel sheet" "Well, let's merge all of i

• zarq 6y ago
  "We should maybe start tracking some of this" "Where does the data come from?" "Dunno, a handful of hospitals... maybe?" "Right. Let's just use Excel, not gonna waste time on that now" ... six months later ... "Hey um..."
  • WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
    From the species that brought you "The Game of Life" comes "The Game of Technical Debt"
• chasd00 6y ago
  >"We need to store some data for a virus" "Where does the data come from?" "Every hospital sends us an excel sheet" "Well, let's merge all of it into a bigger sheet and display it or export it" you have no idea how right you are :)
  • WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
    Been there, done that, got the sqlite t-shirt... Wasn't a bad choice, but once you load 20TB into it, you realize you done goofed.