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I think similar to “code smells” in software engineering, using excel for critical data pipeline work can be considered a “data smell”. It’s not bad in and of i
by Bukhmanizer 6y ago
I think similar to “code smells” in software engineering, using excel for critical data pipeline work can be considered a “data smell”. It’s not bad in and of itself, but it’s a signal that something may have gone seriously wrong with the data engineering process.
- andreareina 6y agoUnfortunately excel is the lingua franca of data exchange in SME
- collyw 6y agoI am sure there is a solution to this problem that could make someone a fair bit of money, but i am not quite sure what it is yet.
- codegladiator 6y agoOn the other hand, its more like "nobody ever got fired for using excel"
- OscarTheGrinch 6y agoI'm willing to make an exception in this case.
- Bukhmanizer 6y agoI think in this case it’s more like “nobody who would know better than to use excel had the authority to make the decision not to use excel”. Given that this was a government project, my guess is that there are very few technical people involved at the decision making level.