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Isn't that a bit like saying that we shouldn't allow anyone sharp knives, in case stupid people cut themselves? And wouldn't they just do in it Excel instead,
by hermitcrab 5y ago
Isn't that a bit like saying that we shouldn't allow anyone sharp knives, in case stupid people cut themselves?
And wouldn't they just do in it Excel instead, probably with even worse results?
- jacobdi 5y agoI have been working on this problem for a little while. I don't think the issue is that Excel is inherently worse for data wrangling -- it just isn't scalable or easily traceable. My solution is a spreadsheet extension for Jupyter Notebooks, that lets you transform your data visually and outputs the equivalent Pandas. Website, for any interested: http://trymito.io/ http://trymito.io/ Automated data prep/transformation is definitely a useful solution, and obviously is going to be a part of most data wrangling tools in the future. I think the danger is a lack of visibility and tracing, something a combo between spreadsheets and pandas provides well -- I think :)
- stevenicr 5y agoLike to suggest adding to the page title on the homepage - maybe even just 'data python spreadsheets jupyter' - when went to bookmark I noticed it only had 'mito' in the name.. so if I go back like 3 weeks from now to my bookmarks or whatever and type spreadsheets jup - maybe your thing would not show up (?) Maybe I'm wrong - I have yet to do a deep dive on what data firefox indexes when I bookmark things.
- stewbrew 5y agoWell I actually think people with no appropriate training shouldn't do open brain surgery. I think the main problem here is underestimating the complexity of a problem and these tools don't improve the situation. Oh Excel ... I don't even know where to start.