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I’ve been doing this. But I hate it. CSVs need to die. They’re terrible data formats. But here we are. And SQLlite makes things amazing.
by gigatexal 4y ago
I’ve been doing this. But I hate it. CSVs need to die. They’re terrible data formats. But here we are. And SQLlite makes things amazing.
- gpvos 4y agoI'm willing to bet CSV will still be around in 200 years. It's ugly, but exceedingly effective.
- wizofaus 4y agoI wouldn't even assume the concept of text files as we know them today will still exist in any meaningful way in 100 years. It's just as likely all digital data will be stored in something like neutral networks with no obvious textual representation. But yes, CSV has had remarkable persistence (the most recent major feature addition I made to our product had to read from a supposedly modern web API response that was in CSV format, despite all the other endpoints returning JSON).
- krylon 4y agoCSV sucks, yes, but for moving/exchanging/aggregating data between various independent sources, it's the least terrible option everyone can process easily.