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minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoAbusing Excel as a crappy database is a very real and very widespread problem.
minus-squaregibmiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoYou use what ya got, and you don’t buy database software or hire a database guy until you know you need one
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoProbably true for most companies but I worked at one that had plenty of DB servers and developers, even developed their own database tech. Still, Excelitis as we called it was rampant.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNothings more permanent than a temporary solution.
Abusing Excel as a crappy database is a very real and very widespread problem.
You use what ya got, and you don’t buy database software or hire a database guy until you know you need one
Probably true for most companies but I worked at one that had plenty of DB servers and developers, even developed their own database tech. Still, Excelitis as we called it was rampant.
Nothings more permanent than a temporary solution.